So it ends, and so it begins

In 1564 Shakespeare is born and Michelangelo dies, and thus is the passing of one great legend on to another. And so it goes throughout history. Machiavelli will forever change the view of how to rule over a people and make them think it was their idea. We realize something about disease and use it to conquer a people. We explore the world, and we look at our universe. We also begin to look hard at our faith and how it might effect how we treat one another. Mankind is awake in a way it has not been before. Unfortunately, it is awake, but not quite aware.

(1528, Mona Lisa, Leonardo da Vinci)