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They looked straight into our eyes and they held their head high and they answered: "The Unconquered." For a long time we could not speak. Then we said: "Such thoughts as these are forbidden, Golden One." "But you think such thoughts as these and you wish us to think them." THEY LOOKED STRAIGHT INTO OUR EYES AND THEY HELD THEIR HEAD HIGH AND THEY ANSWERED THE UNCONQUERED FOR A LONG TIME WE COULD NOT SPEAK THEN WE SAID SUCH THOUGHTS ARE FORBIDDEN GOLDEN ONE BUT YOU THINK SUCH THOUGHTS AS THESE AND YOU WISH US TO THINK THEM
is said. We do not care. We forget all men, all laws and all things save our metals and our wires. So much is still to be learned! So long a road lies before us, and what care we if we must travel it alone! PART FOUR Many days passed before we could speak to the Golden One again. But then came the day when the sky turned white, as if the sun had burst and spread its flame in the air, and the fields lay still without breath, and the dust of the road was white in the glow. So the women of the field were weary, and they tarried over their work, and they were far from the road when we came. But the Golden One stood alone at the hedge, waiting. We stopped and we saw that their eyes, so hard and scornful to the world, were looking at us as if they would obey any word we might speak. And we said: “We have given you a name in our thoughts, Liberty 5-3000.” “What is our name?” they asked. “The Golden One.” “Nor do we call you Equality 7-2521 when we think of you.” “What name have you given us?” ER VOX RECORDING ALL LIBER BOX RECORDINGS ARE IN THE PUBLIC DOMAIN FOR MORE INFORMATION AND TO FIND OUT HOW YOU CAN VOLUNTEER PLEASE VISIT L I B R I V O X DOT ORG RECORDING BY CHERIE TERRIO ANTHEM BY ANN RAN CHAPTER FOUR MANY DAYS PASSED BEFORE HE COULD SPEAK TO THE GOLDEN ONE AGAIN BUT THEN CAME THE DAY WHEN THE SKY TURNED WHITE AS IF THE SUN HAD BURST AND SPREAD ITS FLAME IN THE AIR AND THE FIELDS LAY STILL WITHOUT BREATH AND THE DUST OF THE ROAD WAS WHITE IN THE GLOW SO THE WOMEN OF THE FIELD WERE WEARY AND THEY TARRIED OVER THEIR WORK AND THEY WERE FAR FROM THE ROAD WHEN WE CAME BUT THE GOLDEN ONE STOOD ALONE AT THE HEDGE WAITING WE STOPPED AND WE SAW THAT THEIR EYES SO HARD AND SCORNFUL TO THE WORLD WERE LOOKING AT US AS IF THEY WOULD OBEY ANY WORD WE MIGHT SPEAK AND WE SAID WE HAVE GIVEN YOU A NAME IN OUR THOUGHTS LIBERTY FIVE THREE THOUSAND WHAT IS OUR NAME THEY ASKED THE GOLDEN ONE NOR DO WE CALL YOU EQUALITY SEVEN TO FIVE TO ONE WHEN WE THINK OF YOU WHAT NAME HAVE YOU GIVEN US
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