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What sense is there in abandoning the mountain of wisdom that the past has built up and leaping blindly into hazy, unknown actions and institutions? The past is steady, Jehu, and it is known; it is the only sensible way." WHAT SENSE IS THERE IN ABANDONING THE MOUNTAIN OF WISDOM THAT THE PAST HAS BUILT UP AND LEAPING BLINDINGLY INTO HAZY UNKNOWN ACTIONS AND INSTITUTIONS THE PAST IS STEADY DUE AND IT IS KNOWN IT IS THE ONLY SENSIBLE WAY
en one thing is done, suffering is what follows, and when another thing is done, happiness is what follows. Of course there are a few, isolated taboos that are based instead on human prejudices, but that doesn't translate into the abandonment of all the experience of precedents. What comes when there are no longer any taboos and traditions to break? Destruction. For as is seen time and again, the rebellion of societies gains momentum, and while their consequences are slow in gathering, in the end they multiply and force those societies over the edge of power, bringing only suffering and ruin. "And not only are the experiences of the past wielded together into that euphoria that eludes the rebellious--wisdom--but its constant state controls the present and the future. What men have seen in the past leads them in their future actions, and as a result, it is not the future that controls the present and defines the past, but it is the past which controls the present and defines the future. ERIENCES WHICH SHOW THAT WHEN ONE THING IS DONE SUFFERING IS WHAT FOLLOWS AND WHEN ANOTHER THING IS DONE HAPPINESS IS WHAT FOLLOWS OF COURSE THERE ARE A FEW ISOLATED TABOOS THAT ARE BASED INSTEAD ON HUMAN PREJUDICES BUT THAT DOESN'T TRANSLATE INTO THE ABANDONMENT OF ALL THE EXPERIENCE OF PRECEDENTS WHAT COMES WHEN THERE ARE NO LONGER ANY TABOOS AND TRADITIONS TO BREAK DESTRUCTION FOR AS IS SEEN TIME AND AGAIN THE REBELLION OF SOCIETIES GAINS MOMENTUM AND WHILE THEIR CONSEQUENCES ARE SLOW IN GATHERING IN THE END THEY MULTIPLY AND FORCE THOSE SOCIETIES OVER THE EDGE OF POWER BRINGING ONLY SUFFERING AND RUIN AND NOT ONLY ARE THE EXPERIENCES OF THE PAST WIELDED TOGETHER INTO THAT EUPHORIA THAT ELUDES THE REBELLIOUS WISDOM BUT ITS CONSTANT STATE CONTROLS THE PRESENT AND THE FUTURE WHAT MEN HAVE SEEN IN THE PAST LEADS THEM IN THEIR FUTURE ACTIONS AND AS A RESULT IT IS NOT THE FUTURE CONTROLS THE PRESENT AND DEFINES THE PAST BUT IT IS THE PAST WHICH CONTROLS THE PRESENT AND DEFINES THE FUTURE
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