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We repeat this to ourselves, but it helps us not. These words were cut long ago. WE REPEAT THIS TO OURSELVES BUT IT HELPS US NOT THESE WORDS WERE CUT LONG AGO
ir left wrists with their names upon it. We are twenty-one years old. We are six feet tall, and this is a burden, for there are not many men who are six feet tall. Ever have the Teachers and the Leaders pointed to us and frowned and said: “There is evil in your bones, Equality 7-2521, for your body has grown beyond the bodies of your brothers.” But we cannot change our bones nor our body. We were born with a curse. It has always driven us to thoughts which are forbidden. It has always given us wishes which men may not wish. We know that we are evil, but there is no will in us and no power to resist it. This is our wonder and our secret fear, that we know and do not resist. We strive to be like all our brother men, for all men must be alike. Over the portals of the Palace of the World Council, there are words cut in the marble, which we repeat to ourselves whenever we are tempted: “WE ARE ONE IN ALL AND ALL IN ONE. THERE ARE NO MEN BUT ONLY THE GREAT _WE_, ONE, INDIVISIBLE AND FOREVER.” EAR ON THEIR LEFT WRIST WITH THEIR NAMES UPON IT WE ARE TWENTY ONE YEARS OLD WE ARE SIX FEET TALL AND THIS IS A BURDEN FOR THERE ARE NOT MANY MEN WHO ARE SIX FEET TALL EVER HAVE THE TEACHERS AND LEADERS POINTED TO US AND FROWNED AND SAID THERE IS EVIL IN YOUR BONES EQUALITY SEVEN TWO FIVE TO ONE FOR YOUR BODY HAS GROWN BEYOND THE BODIES OF YOUR BROTHERS BUT WE CANNOT CHANGE OUR BONES NOR OUR BODY WE WERE BORN WITH A CURSE IT HAS ALWAYS DRIVEN US TO THOUGHTS WHICH ARE FORBIDDEN IT HAS ALWAYS GIVEN US WISHES WHICH MEN MAY NOT WISH WE KNOW THAT WE ARE EVIL BUT THERE IS NO WILL IN US AND NO POWER TO RESIST IT THIS IS OUR WONDER AND OUR SECRET FEAR THAT WE KNOW AND DO NOT RESIST WE STRIVE TO BE LIKE ALL OUR BROTHER MEN FOR ALL MEN MUST BE ALIKE OVER THE PORTALS OF THE PALACE OF THE WORLD COUNCIL THERE ARE WORDS CUT IN MARBLE WHICH WE ARE REQUIRED TO REPEAT TO OURSELVES WHENEVER WE ARE TEMPTED WE ARE ONE IN ALL AND ALL IN ONE THERE ARE NO MEN BUT ONLY THE GREAT WE ONE INDIVISIBLE AND FOREVER
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