The fifth race is that which is now upon the earth: the iron race. They live in evil times and their nature too has much of evil, so that they never … - Edith Hamilton

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The fifth race is that which is now upon the earth: the iron race. They live in evil times and their nature too has much of evil, so that they never have rest from toil and sorrow. As the generations pass, they grow worse; sons are always inferior to their fathers. A time will come when they have grown so wicket that they will worship power, might will be right to them, and reverence for the good will cease to be.