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So we fought against this curse. We tried to forget our lessons, but we always remembered. We tried not to understand what the Teachers taught, but we always understood it before the Teachers had spoken. SO WE FOUGHT AGAINST THIS CURSE WE TRIED TO FORGET OUR LESSONS BUT WE ALWAYS REMEMBERED WE TRIED NOT TO UNDERSTAND WHAT THE TEACHERS TAUGHT BUT WE ALWAYS UNDERSTOOD IT BEFORE THE TEACHERS HAD SPOKEN
 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. By the grace of our brothers are we allowed our lives. We exist through, by and for our brothers who are the State. Amen.” Then we slept. The sleeping halls were white and clean and bare of all things save one hundred beds. We, Equality 7-2521, were not happy in those years in the Home of the Students. It was not that the learning was too hard for us. It was that the learning was too easy. This is a great sin, to be born with a head which is too quick. It is not good to be different from our brothers, but it is evil to be superior to them. The Teachers told us so, and they frowned when they looked upon us.  OF LEARNING 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 BY THE GRACE OF OUR BROTHERS ARE WE ALLOWED OUR LIVES WE EXIST THROUGH BY AND FOR OUR BROTHERS WHO ARE THE STATE AMEN THEN WE SLEPT THE SLEEPING HALLS WERE WHITE AND CLEAN AND BARE OF ALL THINGS SAVE ONE HUNDRED BEDS WE EQUALITY SEVEN TWO FIVE TO ONE WERE NOT HAPPY IN THOSE YEARS IN THE HOME OF THE STUDENTS IT WAS NOT THAT THE LEARNING WAS TOO HARD FOR US IT WAS THAT THE LEARNING WAS TOO EASY THIS IS A GREAT SIN TO BE BORNE WITH A HEAD WHICH IS TOO QUICK IT IS NOT GOOD TO BE DIFFERENT FROM OUR BROTHERS BUT IT IS EVIL TO BE SUPERIOR TO THEM THE TEACHERS TOLD US SO AND THEY FROWNED WHEN THEY LOOKED UPON US
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