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Men must learn till they reach their fifteenth year. Then they go to work. In the Home of the Students we arose when the big bell rang in the tower and we went to our beds when it rang again. Before we removed our garments, we stood in the great sleeping hall, and we raised our right arms, and we said all together with the three Teachers at the head: "We are nothing. Mankind is all. MEN MUST LEARN TILL THEY REACH THEIR FIFTEENTH YEAR THEN THEY GO TO WORK IN THE HOME OF THE STUDENTS WE AROSE WHEN THE BIG BELL RANG IN THE TOWER AND WE WENT TO OUR BEDS WHEN IT RANG AGAIN BEFORE WE REMOVED OUR GARMENTS WE STOOD IN THE GREAT SLEEPING HALL AND WE RAISED OUR RIGHT ARMS AND WE SAID ALL TOGETHER WITH THE THREE TEACHERS AT THE HEAD WE ARE NOTHING MANKIND IS ALL
It is only we, Equality 7-2521, we alone who were born with a curse. For we are not like our brothers. And as we look back upon our life, we see that it has ever been thus and that it has brought us step by step to our last, supreme transgression, our crime of crimes hidden here under the ground. We remember the Home of the Infants where we lived till we were five years old, together with all the children of the City who had been born in the same year. The sleeping halls there were white and clean and bare of all things save one hundred beds. We were just like all our brothers then, save for the one transgression: we fought with our brothers. There are few offenses blacker than to fight with our brothers, at any age and for any cause whatsoever. The Council of the Home told us so, and of all the children of that year, we were locked in the cellar most often. When we were five years old, we were sent to the Home of the Students, where there are ten wards, for our ten years of learning.  AND WISE IT IS ONLY WE EQUALITY SEVEN TWO FIVE TWO ONE WE ALONE WHO WERE BORN WITH A CURSE FOR WE ARE NOT LIKE OUR BROTHERS AND AS WE LOOK BACK UPON OUR LIFE WE SEE THAT IT HAS EVER BEEN THUS AND THAT IT HAS BROUGHT US STEP BY STEP TO OUR LAST SUPREME TRANSGRESSION OUR CRIME OF CRIMES HIDDEN HERE UNDER THE GROUND WE REMEMBER THE HOME OF THE INFANTS WHERE WE LIVED TILL WE WERE FIVE YEARS OLD TOGETHER WITH ALL THE CHILDREN OF THE CITY WHO HAD BEEN BORN IN THE SAME YEAR THE SLEEPING HALLS THERE WERE WHITE AND CLEAN AND BARE OF ALL THINGS SAVE ONE HUNDRED BEDS WE WERE JUST LIKE ALL OUR BROTHERS THEN SAVE FOR ONE TRANSGRESSION WE FOUGHT WITH OUR BROTHERS THERE WERE FEW OFFENCES BLACKER THAN TO FIGHT WITH OUR BROTHERS AT ANY AGE AND FOR ANY CAUSE WHATSOEVER THE COUNCIL OF THE HOME TOLD US SO AND OF ALL THE CHILDREN OF THAT YEAR WE WERE LOCKED IN THE CELLAR MOST OFTEN WHEN WE WERE FIVE YEARS OLD WE WERE SENT TO THE HOME OF THE STUDENTS WHERE THERE WERE TEN WARDS FOR OUR TEN YEARS OF LEARNING 
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