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They whisper many strange things, of the towers which rose to the sky, in those Unmentionable Times, and of the wagons which moved without horses, and of the lights which burned without flame. THEY WHISPER MANY STRANGE THINGS OF THE TOWERS WHICH ROSE TO THE SKY IN THOSE UNMENTIONABLE TIMES AND OF THE WAGONS WHICH MOVED WITHOUT HORSES AND OF THE LIGHTS WHICH BURNED WITHOUT FLAME
esist. We strive to be like all our brother men, for all men must be alike. Over the portals of the Palace of the World Council, there are words cut in the marble, which we repeat to ourselves whenever we are tempted: “WE ARE ONE IN ALL AND ALL IN ONE. THERE ARE NO MEN BUT ONLY THE GREAT _WE_, ONE, INDIVISIBLE AND FOREVER.” We repeat this to ourselves, but it helps us not. These words were cut long ago. There is green mould in the grooves of the letters and yellow streaks on the marble, which come from more years than men could count. And these words are the truth, for they are written on the Palace of the World Council, and the World Council is the body of all truth. Thus has it been ever since the Great Rebirth, and farther back than that no memory can reach. But we must never speak of the times before the Great Rebirth, else we are sentenced to three years in the Palace of Corrective Detention. It is only the Old Ones who whisper about it in the evenings, in the Home of the Useless. AT WE KNOW AND DO NOT RESIST WE STRIVE TO BE LIKE ALL OUR BROTHER MEN FOR ALL MEN MUST BE ALIKE OVER THE PORTALS OF THE PALACE OF THE WORLD COUNCIL THERE ARE WORDS CUT IN MARBLE WHICH WE ARE REQUIRED TO REPEAT TO OURSELVES WHENEVER WE ARE TEMPTED WE ARE ONE IN ALL AND ALL IN ONE THERE ARE NO MEN BUT ONLY THE GREAT WE ONE INDIVISIBLE AND FOREVER WE REPEAT THIS TO OURSELVES BUT IT HELPS US NOT THESE WORDS WERE CUT LONG AGO THERE IS A GREEN MOULD IN THE GROOVES OF LETTERS AND YELLOW STREAKS ON THE MARBLES WHICH COME FOR MORE YEARS THAN MEN COULD COUNT AND THESE WORDS ARE TRUTH FOR THEY ARE WRITTEN ON THE PALACE OF THE WORLD COUNCIL AND THE WORLD COUNCIL IS THE BODY OF ALL TRUTH THUS HAS IT BEEN EVER SINCE THE GREAT REBIRTH AND FARTHER BACK THAN THAT NO MEMORY CAN REACH BUT WE MUST NEVER SPEAK OF THE TIMES BEFORE THE GREAT REBIRTH ELSE WE ARE SENTENCED TO THREE YEARS IN THE PALACE OF CORRECTIVE ATTENTION IT'S ONLY THE OLD ONES WHO WHISPER ABOUT IT IN THE EVENINGS IN THE HOME OF THE USELESS
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