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We looked upon them and we pleaded: "Our brothers! You are right. WE LOOKED UPON THEM AND WE PLEADED OUR BROTHERS YOU ARE RIGHT
f their voices brought silence to the hall and to beat of our heart. “Yes,” said Collective 0-0009, “we have much to say to a wretch who have broken all the laws and who boast of their infamy! “How dared you think that your mind held greater wisdom than the minds of your brothers? And if the Councils had decreed that you should be a Street Sweeper, how dared you think that you could be of greater use to men than in sweeping the streets?” “How dared you, gutter cleaner,” spoke Fraternity 9-3452, “to hold yourself as one alone and with the thoughts of the one and not of the many?” “You shall be burned at the stake,” said Democracy 4-6998. “No, they shall be lashed,” said Unanimity 7-3304, “till there is nothing left under the lashes.” “No,” said Collective 0-0009, “we cannot decide upon this, our brothers. No such crime has ever been committed, and it is not for us to judge. Nor for any small Council. We shall deliver this creature to the World Council itself and let their will be done.”  HALL AND TO THE BEAT OF OUR HEART YES SAID COLLECTIVE ZERO ZERO ZERO ZERO NINE WE HAVE MUCH TO SAY TO A WRETCH WHO HAVE BROKEN ALL THE LAWS AND WHO BOAST OF THEIR INFAMY HOW DARED YOU THINK THAT YOUR MIND HELD GREATER WISDOM THAN THE MINDS OF YOUR BROTHERS AND IF THE COUNCIL HAD DEGREED THAT YOU BE A STREET SWEEPER HOW DARED YOU THINK THAT YOU COULD BE OF GREATER USE TO MEN THAN IN SWEEPING THE STREETS HOW DARED YOU GUTTER CLEANER SPOKE FRATERNITY NINE THREE FOUR FIVE TWO TO HOLD YOURSELF AS ONE ALONE IT WOULD END WITH THOUGHTS OF ONE AND NOT OF MANY YOU SHALL BE BURNED AT THE STAKE SAID DEMOCRACY FOUR SIX NINE NINETY EIGHT NO THERE SHOULD BE LASHED SAID UNANIMITY SEVEN THREE O FOUR TILL THERE IS NOTHING LEFT UNDER THE LASHES NO SAID COLLECTIVE ZERO ZERO ZERO ZERO NINE WE CANNOT DECIDE UPON THIS OUR BROTHERS NO SUCH CRIME HAS EVER BEEN COMMITTED AND IT IS NOT FOR US TO JUDGE NOR FOR ANY SMALL COUNCIL WE SHALL DELIVER THIS CREATURE TO THE WORLD COUNCIL ITSELF AND LET THEIR WILL BE DONE
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