1 For men may wish nothing for themselves.
2 Thus must all men live until they are forty.
3 It has always given us wishes which men may not wish.
4 We learned how to bleed men to cure them of all ailments.
5 Other columns of men arrive from the Homes of the different Trades.
6 We strive to be like all our brother men, for all men must be alike.
7 The laws say that men may not write unless the Council of Vocations bid them so.
8 We are six feet tall, and this is a burden, for there are not many men who are six feet tall.
9 The laws say that none among men may be alone, ever and at any time, for this is the great transgression and the root of all evil.
10 There is green mould in the grooves of the letters and yellow streaks on the marble, which come from more years than men could count.
11 The candles are lit, and the Councils of the different Homes stand in a pulpit, and they speak to us of our duties and of our brother men.
12 And also they were not liked because they took pieces of coal and they drew pictures upon the walls, and they were pictures which made men laugh.
13 What punishment awaits us if it be discovered we know not, for no such crime has come in the memory of men and there are no laws to provide for it.
14 The Teachers were just, for they had been appointed by the Councils, and the Councils are the voice of all justice, for they are the voice of all men.
15 And those times passed away, when men saw the Great Truth which is this: that all men are one and that there is no will save the will of all men together.
16 For the Council of Vocations knows in its great wisdom where you are needed by your brother men, better than you can know it in your unworthy little minds.
17 Then visiting Leaders mount the pulpit and they read to us the speeches which were made in the City Council that day, for the City Council represents all men and all men must know.
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