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For you do not look like a Scholar." FOR YOU DO NOT LOOK LIKE A SCHOLAR
 great hall where the World Council of Scholars sat in solemn meeting. We saw nothing as we entered, save the sky in the great windows, blue and glowing. Then we saw the Scholars who sat around a long table; they were as shapeless clouds huddled at the rise of the great sky. There were men whose famous names we knew, and others from distant lands whose names we had not heard. We saw a great painting on the wall over their heads, of the twenty illustrious men who had invented the candle. All the heads of the Council turned to us as we entered. These great and wise of the earth did not know what to think of us, and they looked upon us with wonder and curiosity, as if we were a miracle. It is true that our tunic was torn and stained with brown stains which had been blood. We raised our right arm and we said: “Our greeting to you, our honored brothers of the World Council of Scholars!” Then Collective 0-0009, the oldest and wisest of the Council, spoke and asked: “Who are you, our brother? TO THE GREAT HALL WHERE THE WORLD COUNCIL OF SCHOLARS SAT IN SOLEMN MEETING WE SAW NOTHING AS WE ENTERED SAVE THE SKY IN THE GREAT WINDOWS BLUE AND GLOWING THEN WE SAW THE SCHOLARS WHO SAT AROUND A LONG TABLE THEY WERE AS SHAPELESS CLOUDS HUDDLED AT THE RISE OF A GREAT SKY THERE WERE THE MEN WHOSE FAMOUS NAMES WE KNEW AND OTHERS FROM DISTANT LANDS WHOSE NAMES WE HAD NOT HEARD WE SAW A GREAT PAINTING ON THE WALL OVER THEIR HEADS OF THE TWENTY ILLUSTRIOUS MEN WHO HAD INVENTED THE CANDLE ALL THE HEADS OF THE COUNCIL TURNED TO US AS WE ENTERED THESE GREAT AND WISE OF THE EARTH DID NOT KNOW WHAT TO THINK OF US AND THEY LOOKED UPON US WITH WONDER AND CURIOSITY AS IF WE WERE A MIRACLE IT IS TRUE THAT OUR TUNIC WAS TORN AND STAINED WITH BROWN STAINS WHICH HAD BEEN BLOOD WE RAISED OUR RIGHT ARM AND WE SAID OUR GREETING TO YOU OUR HONORED BROTHERS OF THE WORLD COUNCIL OF SCHOLARS THEN COLLECTIVE ZERO ZERO ZERO ZERO NINE THE OLDEST AND WISEST OF THE COUNCIL SPOKE AND ASKED WHO ARE YOU OUR BROTHER
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