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Then each Student raised their right arm and said: "The will of our brothers be done." THEN EACH STUDENT RAISED THEIR RIGHT ARM AND SAID THE WILL OF OUR BROTHERS BE DONE
 must we know, but it has no answer to give us. We must know that we may know. So we wished to be sent to the Home of the Scholars. We wished it so much that our hands trembled under the blankets in the night, and we bit our arm to stop that other pain which we could not endure. It was evil and we dared not face our brothers in the morning. For men may wish nothing for themselves. And we were punished when the Council of Vocations came to give us our life Mandates which tell those who reach their fifteenth year what their work is to be for the rest of their days. The Council of Vocations came on the first day of spring, and they sat in the great hall. And we who were fifteen and all the Teachers came into the great hall. And the Council of Vocations sat on a high dais, and they had but two words to speak to each of the Students. They called the Students’ names, and when the Students stepped before them, one after another, the Council said: “Carpenter” or “Doctor” or “Cook” or “Leader.”  WE MUST KNOW THEM WE ASK WHY MUST WE KNOW BUT IT HAS NO ANSWER TO GIVE US WE MUST KNOW THAT WE MAY KNOW SO WE WISHED TO BE SENT TO THE HOME OF SCHOLARS WE WISHED IT SO MUCH THAT OUR HANDS TREMBLED UNDER THE BLANKETS IN THE NIGHT AND WE BIT OUR ARM TO STOP THAT OTHER PAIN WHICH WE COULD NOT ENDURE IT WAS EVIL AND WE DARED NOT FACE OUR BROTHERS IN THE MORNING FOR MEN MAY WISH NOTHING FOR THEMSELVES AND WE WERE PUNISHED WHEN THE COUNCIL OF VOCATIONS CAME TO GIVE US OUR LIFE MANDATES WHICH TELL THOSE WHO REACH THEIR FIFTEENTH YEAR WHAT THEIR WORK IS TO BE FOR THE REST OF THEIR DAYS THE COUNCIL OF VOCATIONS CAME IN ON THE FIRST DAY OF SPRING AND THEY SAT IN THE GREAT HALL AND WE WHO WERE FIFTEEN AND ALL THE TEACHERS CAME INTO THE GREAT HALL AND THE COUNCIL OF VOCATIONS SAT ON A HIGH DAIS AND THEY HAD BUT TWO WORDS TO SPEAK TO EACH OF THE STUDENTS THEY CALLED THE STUDENTS NAMES AND WHEN THE STUDENTS STEPPED BEFORE THEM ONE AFTER ANOTHER THE COUNCIL SAID CARPENTER OR DOCTOR OR COOK OR LEADER
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