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Then we slept. The sleeping halls were white and clean and bare of all things save one hundred beds. THEN WE SLEPT THE SLEEPING HALLS WERE WHITE AND CLEAN AND BARE OF ALL THINGS SAVE ONE HUNDRED BEDS
are of all things save one hundred beds. We were just like all our brothers then, save for the one transgression: we fought with our brothers. There are few offenses blacker than to fight with our brothers, at any age and for any cause whatsoever. The Council of the Home told us so, and of all the children of that year, we were locked in the cellar most often. When we were five years old, we were sent to the Home of the Students, where there are ten wards, for our ten years of learning. Men must learn till they reach their fifteenth year. Then they go to work. In the Home of the Students we arose when the big bell rang in the tower and we went to our beds when it rang again. Before we removed our garments, we stood in the great sleeping hall, and we raised our right arms, and we said all together with the three Teachers at the head: “We are nothing. Mankind is all. By the grace of our brothers are we allowed our lives. We exist through, by and for our brothers who are the State. Amen.” ERE WERE WHITE AND CLEAN AND BARE OF ALL THINGS SAVE ONE HUNDRED BEDS WE WERE JUST LIKE ALL OUR BROTHERS THEN SAVE FOR ONE TRANSGRESSION WE FOUGHT WITH OUR BROTHERS THERE WERE FEW OFFENCES BLACKER THAN TO FIGHT WITH OUR BROTHERS AT ANY AGE AND FOR ANY CAUSE WHATSOEVER THE COUNCIL OF THE HOME TOLD US SO AND OF ALL THE CHILDREN OF THAT YEAR WE WERE LOCKED IN THE CELLAR MOST OFTEN WHEN WE WERE FIVE YEARS OLD WE WERE SENT TO THE HOME OF THE STUDENTS WHERE THERE WERE TEN WARDS FOR OUR TEN YEARS OF LEARNING MEN MUST LEARN TILL THEY REACH THEIR FIFTEENTH YEAR THEN THEY GO TO WORK IN THE HOME OF THE STUDENTS WE AROSE WHEN THE BIG BELL RANG IN THE TOWER AND WE WENT TO OUR BEDS WHEN IT RANG AGAIN BEFORE WE REMOVED OUR GARMENTS WE STOOD IN THE GREAT SLEEPING HALL AND WE RAISED OUR RIGHT ARMS AND WE SAID ALL TOGETHER WITH THE THREE TEACHERS AT THE HEAD WE ARE NOTHING MANKIND IS ALL BY THE GRACE OF OUR BROTHERS ARE WE ALLOWED OUR LIVES WE EXIST THROUGH BY AND FOR OUR BROTHERS WHO ARE THE STATE AMEN
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