Alexander the Great

The fate of Yul who are listening, of nations of the world, has often hung upon accident, or upon decisions that made another way would have substantially altered the course of human events. Suppose, by a stroke of faith, the Spanish Armada had overcome England in 1588.

Suppose fate decreed that Dwight D. Eisenhower had decided to retain his command of the ATO and not run for president. Yes, much depends upon a stroke of fate. And tonight we rewrite history, as we present a dramatic conception of what might have happened.

If, by a stroke of fate, Alexander the Great had lived beyond the age of 32, and continued his conquest of the world. On June 13th, 322 BC, in the ancient city of Babylon in what is now modern Iran, Alexander the Great, aged 32, died of a fever.

Alexander began his royal career as king of the Greek state of Macedonia and finished by founding an empire that included most of the known east and some of the west as well, perhaps two million square miles of conquered territory.

The stroke of fate that changes history tonight is Alexander's recovery from the illness at Babylon that actually proved fatal. The play from then on is historical speculation based on what we know to be Alexander's real intentions.

Our story tonight is related by the lady with whom Alexander frequently corresponded during his years of conquest, his mother, Queen Olympia, of Macedonia. My son Alexander when he was 20 years old succeeded his father Philip to the throne of Macedonia. There are those who say that Zeus, King of the God, is Alexander's father, but I should know say this Philip. Two years after becoming