Man constantly makes his choice concerning the mass of present potentialities; which of these will be condemned to nonbeing and which will be actualized? Which choice will be made an actuality once and forever, an immortal “footprint in the sands of time”? At any moment, man must decide, for better or for worse, what will be the monument of his

“Destiny is not something brought about by legend, but by clearing away with one’s own sword.”

“You extend hope at one moment and snatch it away at the next.” “Not I, but history.