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We ask, why must we know, but it has no answer to give us. We must know that we may know. WE ASK WHY MUST WE KNOW BUT IT HAS NO ANSWER TO GIVE US WE MUST KNOW THAT WE MAY KNOW
we held our lips shut, and we stopped our breath, that no shudder might let our brothers see or hear or guess, and we thought that we wished to be sent to the Home of the Scholars when our time would come. All the great modern inventions come from the Home of the Scholars, such as the newest one, which was found only a hundred years ago, of how to make candles from wax and string; also, how to make glass, which is put in our windows to protect us from the rain. To find these things, the Scholars must study the earth and learn from the rivers, from the sands, from the winds and the rocks. And if we went to the Home of the Scholars, we could learn from these also. We could ask questions of these, for they do not forbid questions. And questions give us no rest. We know not why our curse makes us seek we know not what, ever and ever. But we cannot resist it. It whispers to us that there are great things on this earth of ours, and that we can know them if we try, and that we must know them.  ONLY THEIR SHAPES IN THE BEDS AND THEIR SNORES WE CLOSED OUR EYES AND WE HELD OUR LIPS SHUT AND WE STOPPED OUR BREATH THAT NO SHUDDER MIGHT LET OUR BROTHERS SEE OR HEAR OR GUESS AND WE THOUGHT THAT WE WISHED TO BE SENT TO THE HOME OF THE SCHOLARS WHEN OUR TIME WOULD COME ALL OF THE GREAT MODERN INVENTIONS COME FROM THE HOME OF SCHOLARS SUCH AS THE NEWEST ONE WHICH WAS FOUND ONLY A HUNDRED YEARS AGO OF HOW TO MAKE CANDLES FROM WAX AND STRING ALSO HOW TO MAKE GLASS WHICH IS PUT IN OUR WINDOWS TO PROTECT US FROM THE RAIN TO FIND THESE THINGS THE SCHOLARS MUST STUDY THE EARTH AND LEARN FROM THE RIVERS FROM THE SANDS FROM THE WINDS AND THE ROCKS AND IF WE WENT TO THE HOME OF SCHOLARS WE COULD LEARN FROM THESE ALSO WE COULD ASK QUESTIONS OF THESE FOR THEY DO NOT FORBID QUESTIONS AND QUESTIONS GIVE US NO REST WE KNOW NOT WHY OUR CURSE MAKES US SEEK WE KNOW NOT WHAT EVER AND EVER BUT WE CANNOT RESIST IT IT WHISPERS TO US THAT THERE ARE GREAT THINGS ON THIS EARTH OF OURS THAT WE MUST KNOW THEM
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