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    People of Apolyton,

    Have you ever gone to the scribes house, to find out about your own families history, of the history of our great country, Apolyton? Have you ever picked up a clay tablet, and read about how politics has shaped our world today? Have you ever wondered whom inscribes them?

    The historian. Every day, he looks at what is happening in our world, and begins to inscribe them. He tirelessly works every day, for most of the day, writing about our great civilization.

    Now I ask you to imagine what shall happen in the future without a historian. In the future, you sit there looking over the mountain top, seeing all that your great civilization has achieved. You are now able to fly into the heavens, and you are able to go down into the forum to debate various things. You have nice clothwear, and you are able to experience forms of entertainment not even concieved of yet.

    But there's just one pressing question: How did you get here? What has happend in your past? Philosophers will no doubt discover some things, but without a historian all of our memories, achievments, our empire as a whole will simply fade into the past. We cannot, we must not allow that to happen.

    The historian, when elected, will have the job of putting out memories into the eternal stone so that our children may read of our endeavours and successes and gasp at amazement of not only what we have done in the past, but what we can do in the future.

    Now, you may say that anyone can be a historian, but that is not true. In many ways, the historian position is more important than military, science, or even president because without the memories, none of it matters in the future. Who could possibly tackle this huge undertaking? Who could keep our records safe and clear so that future generations know of our name, our great nation of Apolyton??

    I believe that I can. Because I have had experience with writing, much experience. If you care to look at my last Science Campaign thread, I believe that I have already proven that I can write quite well. And that is what we need, someone who can write well. We musn't leave our history in the hands of someone who does not know how to write clearly because if we do, we shall soon fade into nothingness.

    So I urge you, I implore you to please support me. Because in this position, writing is indeed everything.

    Tassadar

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    Friends, Brothers, Sisters,

    I am, like my honorable friend, the good Mr. Tassadar, a nominee for the vastly important post of historian. I can only promise you what I shall do for you, and nothing more. There shall indeed be no false promises from my lips.

    I believe, good people, that the historian must write the saga of our history and of the history of man in general in as un-biased a fashion as is humanly possible. Remember Cicero's words, "the first law of the historian is that he shall never dare utter an untruth. The second is that he shall suppress nothing that is true. Moreover, there shall be no suspicion of partiality in his writing, or of malice."

    In other words, all that I write must be as it was, without my own interperatation of the events. When I take up the papyrus and write down the events of the horrific battle of Weasle Run, in which one of our warriors defeated a barbarian warrior, I will tell the whole truth, I will not insert my own biased opinions on the events, I will simply provide the facts, so that future generations, when we have all passed on to worlds unknown, will gain a deeper knowledge of the whole of the ancient Apolytonians. I promise you also that I will not utter untruths in my writings.

    I must remind you that the knowledge of our civilization's history is the pinnacle of our knowledge as a nation. If we do not know our history as it happened, than we will be doomed to repeat it. If we do not know that which has happened, if we do not know of the mistakes that have been made, how then shall we prevent a similar circumstance, and a similar mistake? This sort of knowledge can not alone be preserved by folklore, as our barbarian enemies who have not discovered the value of historians will come to realize, it must be written down and preserved.

    And finally, if the question of my writing skills and ability comes up, than I ask you to look no further than my own writings on Apolyton, that which I have written in the Alpha Centauri Fiction Forum, and the Civilization 3 Stories Forum, and you shall see that I am not without writing skills.

    I ask you to vote for me for the roll of historian, so that we might all preserve our history for future generations. If I am elected, I promise you an unbiased, truthful, and well-written account of our history, preserved for the ages. Thank you all.
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    • #3
      i was going to post a thread about getting help cuz i've been buisy since the second turn chat trying to complete a Maths essay, a big one! Every bit of my time awake has been on it, or going to get help, all of the free time has been spent sleeping!
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      • #4
        Originally posted by History Guy
        Friends, Brothers, Sisters,

        I am, like my honorable friend, the good Mr. Tassadar, a nominee for the vastly important post of historian. I can only promise you what I shall do for you, and nothing more. There shall indeed be no false promises from my lips.

        I believe, good people, that the historian must write the saga of our history and of the history of man in general in as un-biased a fashion as is humanly possible. Remember Cicero's words, "the first law of the historian is that he shall never dare utter an untruth. The second is that he shall suppress nothing that is true. Moreover, there shall be no suspicion of partiality in his writing, or of malice."

        In other words, all that I write must be as it was, without my own interperatation of the events. When I take up the papyrus and write down the events of the horrific battle of Weasle Run, in which one of our warriors defeated a barbarian warrior, I will tell the whole truth, I will not insert my own biased opinions on the events, I will simply provide the facts, so that future generations, when we have all passed on to worlds unknown, will gain a deeper knowledge of the whole of the ancient Apolytonians. I promise you also that I will not utter untruths in my writings.

        I must remind you that the knowledge of our civilization's history is the pinnacle of our knowledge as a nation. If we do not know our history as it happened, than we will be doomed to repeat it. If we do not know that which has happened, if we do not know of the mistakes that have been made, how then shall we prevent a similar circumstance, and a similar mistake? This sort of knowledge can not alone be preserved by folklore, as our barbarian enemies who have not discovered the value of historians will come to realize, it must be written down and preserved.

        And finally, if the question of my writing skills and ability comes up, than I ask you to look no further than my own writings on Apolyton, that which I have written in the Alpha Centauri Fiction Forum, and the Civilization 3 Stories Forum, and you shall see that I am not without writing skills.

        I ask you to vote for me for the roll of historian, so that we might all preserve our history for future generations. If I am elected, I promise you an unbiased, truthful, and well-written account of our history, preserved for the ages. Thank you all.
        It appears as if we both share the same values, the same ideas. Therefore, I call upon the people of this great nation to ask questions. Because questions provide answers, answers provide knowledge, and knowledge is power.
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        • #5
          Do you consider implementing some romanticism, even if it's at the cost of raw bjectivity ?

          Do you consider making up myths for us, or will you be rational ?
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          • #6
            how often will the word 'banana' appear in your work?

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            • #7
              How do you plan to capture and communicate our story to the masses? As far as I'm concerned, this is one of the most important positions in the game -- not so much in generating strategy, of course, but in creating the larger experience for the citizens of Apolyton. We've been underserved, I'm afraid. We need a committed historian, who will put time and imagination into this project.
              So, what media do each of the historians plan to use? The forums? A web site? Dramatic reenactments. Epic poetry. We don't just need a chronicler. We need a griot, a bard, a voice. We need Clio herself.
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              • #8
                Well since we dont have writing yet, how about some cave paintings? I agree. I wasn't even sure if we had a historian until i checked the government post this morning. We definately need to see SOMETHING. It is indeed an important position and the only one that warrants a large amount of creativity.

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                • #9
                  Will you be able to devote the time necessary to do a good job for the time of your term? Or will managing your estates, shopping for slaves, or some other preoccupation (RL) take you away from us?
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                  • #10
                    I think what NYE is asking is.. will you actually DO your job (as opposed to what the incumbent has done)
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                    • #11
                      we have two qualified candidates that want the job. why cant they both do it? seriously...

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                      • #12
                        A colaboration? Innnnnnnteresting! Since both candidates make the job out to be quite extensive, then prehaps two historians would be a good idea. That is, if it's constitutional of course.
                        If we only had some judges to determine if it is...

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                        • #13
                          im dead serious. it would be great

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                          • #14
                            and I agree. Forgive me if i came off as sarcastic. That was not my intent. Think of all the things two historians working together could accomplish!

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                            • #15
                              I agree. Maybe the one polling first can keep the other around as an assistant. Assuming they can get along that is.
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