I have seen, and I still see, a future in which you, the Earth-descended, may prevail over the wolves of planets and the wolves of space. For at every stage of your civilizations there are numbers of you who put aside selfishness and dedicate their lives in service to something they see as being greater than themselves.
I say you may prevail, I say not that you will. For in each of your generations there are men who choose to serve the gods of darkness.