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What is my joy if all hands, even the unclean, can reach into it? What is my wisdom, if even the fools can dictate to me? What is my freedom, if all creatures, even the botched and the impotent, are my masters? What is my life, if I am but to bow, to agree and to obey? WHAT IS MY JOY IF ALL HANDS EVEN THE UNCLEAN CAN REACH INTO IT WHAT IS MY WISDOM IF EVEN THE FOOLS CAN DICTATE TO ME WHAT IS MY FREEDOM IF ALL CREATURES EVEN THE BOCHED AND IMPOTENT ARE MY MASTERS WHAT IS MY LIFE IF I AM BUT TO BOW TO AGREE AND TO OBEY
sters. And I shall choose only such as please me, and them I shall love and respect, but neither command nor obey. And we shall join our hands when we wish, or walk alone when we so desire. For in the temple of his spirit, each man is alone. Let each man keep his temple untouched and undefiled. Then let him join hands with others if he wishes, but only beyond his holy threshold. For the word “We” must never be spoken, save by one’s choice and as a second thought. This word must never be placed first within man’s soul, else it becomes a monster, the root of all the evils on earth, the root of man’s torture by men, and of an unspeakable lie. The word “We” is as lime poured over men, which sets and hardens to stone, and crushes all beneath it, and that which is white and that which is black are lost equally in the grey of it. It is the word by which the depraved steal the virtue of the good, by which the weak steal the might of the strong, by which the fools steal the wisdom of the sages. T NEITHER SLAVE NOR MASTERS AND I SHALL CHOOSE ONLY SUCH AS PLEASE ME AND THEN I SHALL LOVE AND RESPECT BUT NEITHER COMMAND NOR OBEY AND WE SHALL JOIN OUR HANDS WHEN WE WISH OUR WALK ALONE WHEN WE SO DESIRE FOR IN THE TEMPLE OF HIS SPIRIT EACH MAN IS ALONE LET EACH MAN KEEP HIS TEMPLE UNTOUCHED AND UNDEFILED THEN LET HIM JOIN HANDS WITH OTHERS IF HE WISHES BUT ONLY BEYOND HIS HOLY THRESHOLD FOR THE WORD WE MUST NEVER BE SPOKEN SAVE BY ONE'S CHOICE AND AS SECOND THOUGHT THIS WORD MUST NEVER BE PLACED FIRST WITHIN MAN'S SOUL ELSE IT BECOMES A MONSTER THE ROOT OF ALL THE EVILS ON EARTH THE ROOT OF MAN'S TORTURE BY MEN AND AN UNSPEAKABLE LIE THE WORD WE IS AS LIME POURED OVER MEN WHICH SETS AND HARDENS TO STONE AND CRUSHES ALL BENEATH IT AND THAT WHICH IS WHITE AND THAT WHICH IS BLACK ARE LOST EQUALLY IN THE GREY OF IT AND IT IS THE WORD BY WHICH THE DEPRAVED STEAL THE VIRTUE OF THE GOOD BY WHICH THE WEAK STEAL THE MIGHT OF THE STRONG AND BY WHICH THE FOOLS STEAL THE WI WISDOM OF THE SAGES
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