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All the great modern inventions come from the Home of the Scholars, such as the newest one, which was found only a hundred years ago, of how to make candles from wax and string; also, how to make glass, which is put in our windows to protect us from the rain. To find these things, the Scholars must study the earth and learn from the rivers, from the sands, from the winds and the rocks. And if we went to the Home of the Scholars, we could learn from these also. ALL OF THE GREAT MODERN INVENTIONS COME FROM THE HOME OF SCHOLARS SUCH AS THE NEWEST ONE WHICH WAS FOUND ONLY A HUNDRED YEARS AGO OF HOW TO MAKE CANDLES FROM WAX AND STRING ALSO HOW TO MAKE GLASS WHICH IS PUT IN OUR WINDOWS TO PROTECT US FROM THE RAIN TO FIND THESE THINGS THE SCHOLARS MUST STUDY THE EARTH AND LEARN FROM THE RIVERS FROM THE SANDS FROM THE WINDS AND THE ROCKS AND IF WE WENT TO THE HOME OF SCHOLARS WE COULD LEARN FROM THESE ALSO
around us. We asked so many questions that the Teachers forbade it. We think that there are mysteries in the sky and under the water and in the plants which grow. But the Council of Scholars has said that there are no mysteries, and the Council of Scholars knows all things. And we learned much from our Teachers. We learned that the earth is flat and that the sun revolves around it, which causes the day and the night. We learned the names of all the winds which blow over the seas and push the sails of our great ships. We learned how to bleed men to cure them of all ailments. We loved the Science of Things. And in the darkness, in the secret hour, when we awoke in the night and there were no brothers around us, but only their shapes in the beds and their snores, we closed our eyes, and we held our lips shut, and we stopped our breath, that no shudder might let our brothers see or hear or guess, and we thought that we wished to be sent to the Home of the Scholars when our time would come. E THINGS WHICH MAKE THE EARTH AROUND US WE ASK SO MANY QUESTIONS THAT THE TEACHERS FORBADE IT WE THINK THAT THERE ARE MYSTERIES IN THE SKY AND UNDER THE WATER AND IN THE PLANTS WHICH GROW BUT THE COUNCIL OF SCHOLARS HAS SAID THAT THERE ARE NO MYSTERIES AND THE COUNCIL OF SCHOLARS KNOWS ALL THINGS AND WE LEARN MUCH FROM OUR TEACHERS WE LEARN THAT THE EARTH IS FLAT AND THAT THE SUN REVOLVES AROUND IT WHICH CAUSES THE DAY AND NIGHT WE LEARNED THE NAMES OF ALL THE WINDS WHICH BLOW OVER THE SEAS AND PUSH THE SAILS OF OUR GREAT SHIPS WE LEARNED HOW TO BLEED MEN TO CURE THEM OF ALL AILMENTS WE LOVED THE SCIENCE OF THINGS AND IN THE DARKNESS IN THE SECRET HOUR WHEN WE AWOKE IN THE NIGHT AND THERE WERE NO BROTHERS AROUND US BUT ONLY THEIR SHAPES IN THE BEDS AND THEIR SNORES WE CLOSED OUR EYES AND WE HELD OUR LIPS SHUT AND WE STOPPED OUR BREATH THAT NO SHUDDER MIGHT LET OUR BROTHERS SEE OR HEAR OR GUESS AND WE THOUGHT THAT WE WISHED TO BE SENT TO THE HOME OF THE SCHOLARS WHEN OUR TIME WOULD COME
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