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We knew this well, in the years of our childhood, but our curse broke our will. We were guilty and we confess it here: we were guilty of the great Transgression of Preference. We preferred some work and some lessons to the others. We did not listen well to the history of all the Councils elected since the Great Rebirth. But we loved the Science of Things. We wished to know. We wished to know about all the things which make the earth around us. WE KNEW THIS WELL IN THE YEARS OF OUR CHILDHOOD BUT OUR CURSE BROKE OUR WILL WE WERE GUILTY AND WE CONFESSED IT HERE WE WERE GUILTY OF THE GREAT TRANSGRESSION OF PREFERENCE WE PREFERRED SOME WORK AND SOME LESSONS TO OTHERS WE DID NOT LISTEN WELL TO THE HISTORY OF THE COUNCILS ELECTED SINCE THE GREAT REBIRTH BUT WE LOVE THE SCIENCE OF THINGS WE WISH TO KNOW WE WISH TO KNOW ABOUT ALL THE THINGS WHICH MAKE THE EARTH AROUND US
be like them, like Union 5-3992, but somehow the Teachers knew that we were not. And we were lashed more often than all the other children. 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. And if sometimes, in the secret darkness of our heart, we regret that which befell us on our fifteenth birthday, we know that it was through our own guilt. We had broken a law, for we had not paid heed to the words of our Teachers. The Teachers had said to us all: “Dare not choose in your minds the work you would like to do when you leave the Home of the Students. You shall do that which the Council of Vocations shall prescribe for you. 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. And if you are not needed by your brother man, there is no reason for you to burden the earth with your bodies.” HAT WE MIGHT BE LIKE THEM LIKE UNION FIVE THREE NINE NINE TWO BUT SOMEHOW THE TEACHERS KNEW THAT WE WERE NOT AND WE WERE LASHED MORE OFTEN THAN ALL THE OTHER CHILDREN 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 AND IF SOMETIMES IN THE SECRET DARKNESS OF OUR HEART WE REGRET THAT WHICH BEFELL US ON OUR FIFTEENTH BIRTHDAY WE KNEW THAT IT WAS THROUGH OUR OWN GUILT WE HAD BROKEN A LAW FOR WE HAD NOT PAID HEED TO THE WORDS OF OUR TEACHERS THE TEACHERS HAD SAID TO US ALL DARE NOT CHOOSE IN YOUR MIND THE WORK YOU WOULD LIKE TO DO WHEN YOU LEAVE THE HOME OF THE STUDENTS YOU SHALL DO WHAT THE COUNCIL OF VOCATIONS SHALL PRESCRIBE FOR YOU FOR THE COUNSEL OF VOCATION KNOWS IN ITS GREAT WISDOM WHERE YOU ARE NEEDED BY YOUR BROTHER MEN BETTER THAN YOU CAN KNOW IT IN YOUR UNWORTHY LITTLE MINDS AND IF YOU ARE NOT NEEDED BY YOUR BROTHER MEN THERE IS NO REASON FOR YOU TO BURDEN THE EARTH WITH YOUR BODIES
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