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Then we knew what we must do. Our discovery is too great for us to waste our time in sweeping the streets. We must not keep our secret to ourselves, nor buried under the ground. We must bring it into the sight of all men. THEN WE KNEW WHAT WE MUST DO OUR DISCOVERY IS TOO GREAT FOR US TO WASTE OUR TIME IN SWEEPING STREETS WE MUST NOT KEEP OUR SECRET TO OURSELVES NOR BURIED UNDER THE GROUND WE MUST BRING IT INTO THE SIGHT OF ALL MEN
eld our head in our hands. We could not conceive of that which we had created. We had touched no flint, made no fire. Yet here was light, light that came from nowhere, light from the heart of metal. We blew out the candle. Darkness swallowed us. There was nothing left around us, nothing save night and a thin thread of flame in it, as a crack in the wall of a prison. We stretched our hands to the wire, and we saw our fingers in the red glow. We could not see our body nor feel it, and in that moment nothing existed save our two hands over a wire glowing in a black abyss. Then we thought of the meaning of that which lay before us. We can light our tunnel, and the City, and all the Cities of the world with nothing save metal and wires. We can give our brothers a new light, cleaner and brighter than any they have ever known. The power of the sky can be made to do men’s bidding. There are no limits to its secrets and its might, and it can be made to grant us anything if we but choose to ask. E STOOD AND WE HELD OUR HEAD IN OUR HANDS WE COULD NOT CONCEIVE OF THAT WHICH WE HAD CREATED WE HAD TOUCHED NO FLINT MADE NO FIRE YET THERE WAS LIGHT LIGHT THAT CAME FROM NOWHERE LIGHT FROM THE HEART OF METAL WE BLEW OUT THE CANDLE DARKNESS SWALLOWED US AND THERE WAS NOTHING LEFT AROUND US NOTHING SAVE THE NIGHT AND A THIN THREAD OF FLAME IN IT AS A CRACK IN THE WALL OF A PRISON WE STRETCHED OUR HANDS TO THE WIRE AND WE SAW OUR FINGERS IN THE RED GLOW WE COULD NOT SEE OUR BODY NOR FEEL IT AND IN THAT MOMENT NOTHING EXISTED SAVE OUR TWO HANDS OVER A WIRE GLOWING IN A BLACK ABYSS THEN WE THOUGHT OF THE MEANING OF THAT WHICH LAY BEFORE US WE CAN LIGHT OUR TUNNEL AND THE CITY AND ALL THE CITIES OF THE WORLD WITH NOTHING SAVE METAL AND WIRES WE CAN GIVE OUR BROTHERS A NEW LIGHT CLEANER AND BRIGHTER THAN ANY THEY HAVE EVER KNOWN THE POWER OF THE SKY CAN BE MADE TO DO MEN'S BIDDING THERE ARE NO LIMITS TO ITS SECRETS AND ITS MIGHT AND IT CAN BE MADE TO GRANT US ANYTHING IF WE BUT CHOOSE TO ASK
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