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Last and First Men

Yet, seeing that every one of usis potentially immortal, you may wonder how we permit...

Yet, seeing that every one of us
is potentially immortal, you may wonder how we permit ourselves
to have any children at all

Full Transcript

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Yet, seeing that every one of us is potentially immortal,
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you may wonder how we permit ourselves to have any children at all.
Duration
10 seconds
Views
43
Timestamp in Movie
00:23:42
Uploaded
Jun 05, 2025
Genres
fantasy, mystery, sci-fi
Production
N/A

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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.
Our policy is to produce new individuals of a higher order than ourselves. - Last and First Men 00:07
Our policy is to produce new individuals of a higher order t...
As a result, we need a continuous supply of children. - Last and First Men 00:05
As a result, we need a continuous supply of children.
Infancy lasts for about a century - Last and First Men 00:08
Infancy lasts for about a century
When our children attain physical adolescence, nearly a thousand years after birth, - Last and First Men 00:18
When our children attain physical adolescence, nearly a thou...
There, our young people live the half-primitive, half-sophisticated life - Last and First Men 00:09
There, our young people live the half-primitive, half-sophis...
They love - Last and First Men 00:06
They love
We live through all the mistakes of thought and action - Last and First Men 00:09
We live through all the mistakes of thought and action
And, at last, we emerge ready for a world of maturity. - Last and First Men 00:07
And, at last, we emerge ready for a world of maturity.
The designers of our species set out to produce a new order of mentality - Last and First Men 00:11
The designers of our species set out to produce a new order ...
The immense difference between ourselves and all other human species - Last and First Men 00:10
The immense difference between ourselves and all other human...
When these individuals join in simultaneous mental unity, - Last and First Men 00:11
When these individuals join in simultaneous mental unity,
They are able to enter into past minds. - Last and First Men 00:04
They are able to enter into past minds.
Away from those contented to remain on the planet's surface are the navigators - Last and First Men 00:12
Away from those contented to remain on the planet's sur...
The navigators mentally form a unique class among us - Last and First Men 00:13
The navigators mentally form a unique class among us
They are a Hardy, simple, and modest folk. - Last and First Men 00:05
They are a Hardy, simple, and modest folk.
Recently, an exploration ship returned from a voyage into the outer tracts through space. - Last and First Men 00:07
Recently, an exploration ship returned from a voyage into th...
The survivors were emaciated - Last and First Men 00:09
The survivors were emaciated
Throughout the voyage, an unexpected alteration - Last and First Men 00:09
Throughout the voyage, an unexpected alteration
It began to change from white to Violet and increase in brightness. - Last and First Men 00:07
It began to change from white to Violet and increase in brig...
When the ship returned, the crew flung open the ports - Last and First Men 00:09
When the ship returned, the crew flung open the ports