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Last and First Men

But what is it that we seekto contribute to the past?

But what is it that we seek
to contribute to the past?

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But what is it that we seek to contribute to the past?
Duration
5 seconds
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61
Timestamp in Movie
00:47:28
Uploaded
Jun 04, 2025
Genres
fantasy, mystery, sci-fi
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Two billion years ahead of us, a future race of humans finds itself on the verge of extinction. Almost all that is left in the world are lone and surreal monuments, beaming their message into the wilderness.
We want to help the past make the best of itself. - Last and First Men 00:05
We want to help the past make the best of itself.
We seek to direct the attention of past individuals to truths, - Last and First Men 00:09
We seek to direct the attention of past individuals to truth...
Those of us who still care for the life of the mind - Last and First Men 00:12
Those of us who still care for the life of the mind
The mission we undertook had to be completed. - Last and First Men 00:04
The mission we undertook had to be completed.
This is the last office of humanity. - Last and First Men 00:04
This is the last office of humanity.
And still more difficult to speak to you. - Last and First Men 00:04
And still more difficult to speak to you.
Some centuries have now passed - Last and First Men 00:16
Some centuries have now passed
The deluge of solar radiation has had a disastrous effect on the human organism. - Last and First Men 00:07
The deluge of solar radiation has had a disastrous effect on...
We are the wreckage of our former selves. - Last and First Men 00:04
We are the wreckage of our former selves.
The normal power of telepathic communication is now so unreliable - Last and First Men 00:12
The normal power of telepathic communication is now so unrel...
Away from the sun's destructive heat, - Last and First Men 00:11
Away from the sun's destructive heat,
But we have not been able to prevent the climate from becoming more and more deadly, - Last and First Men 00:06
But we have not been able to prevent the climate from becomi...
Even at the poles where we have migrated. - Last and First Men 00:04
Even at the poles where we have migrated.
The intervening regions have all been deserted. - Last and First Men 00:05
The intervening regions have all been deserted.
Evaporation of the oceans has thrown the whole atmosphere into tumult. - Last and First Men 00:06
Evaporation of the oceans has thrown the whole atmosphere in...
Now and again, we meet together, the few that prevail, - Last and First Men 00:10
Now and again, we meet together, the few that prevail,
We can only sit in silence, - Last and First Men 00:08
We can only sit in silence,
Sometimes, the spoken word flickers between us, - Last and First Men 00:11
Sometimes, the spoken word flickers between us,
We, the last men, still have something in us left from the time that is past. - Last and First Men 00:08
We, the last men, still have something in us left from the t...
The stars have their beginnings and their ends. - Last and First Men 00:06
The stars have their beginnings and their ends.