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Thus did men—men with nothing to offer save their great number—lost the steel towers, the flying ships, the power wires, all the things they had not created and could never keep. THUS DID MEN MEN WITH NOTHING TO OFFER SAVE THEIR GREAT NUMBERS LOSE THE STEEL TOWERS THE FLYING SHIPS THE POWER WIRES ALL THE THINGS THAT HAD NOT CREATED AND COULD NEVER KEEP
take away from him, no matter what their number, for his is the right of man, and there is no right on earth above this right. And he stood on the threshold of the freedom for which the blood of the centuries behind him had been spilled. But then he gave up all he had won, and fell lower than his savage beginning. What brought it to pass? What disaster took their reason away from men? What whip lashed them to their knees in shame and submission? The worship of the word “We.” When men accepted that worship, the structure of centuries collapsed about them, the structure whose every beam had come from the thought of some one man, each in his day down the ages, from the depth of some one spirit, such spirit as existed but for its own sake. Those men who survived those eager to obey, eager to live for one another, since they had nothing else to vindicate them—those men could neither carry on, nor preserve what they had received. Thus did all thought, all science, all wisdom perish on earth. THER GOD NOR KING NOR OTHER MEN CAN TAKE AWAY FROM HIM NO MATTER WHAT THEIR NUMBER FOR HIS IS THE RIGHT OF MAN AND THERE IS NO RIGHT ON EARTH ABOVE THIS RIGHT AND HE STOOD ON THE THRESHOLD OF FREEDOM FOR WHICH THE BLOOD OF THE CENTURIES BEHIND HIM HAD SPILT BUT THEN HE GAVE UP ALL HE HAD WON AND FELL LOWER THAN HIS SAVAGE BEGINNING WHAT BROUGHT IT TO PASS WHAT DISASTER TOOK THEIR REASON AWAY FROM MEN WHAT WHIP LASHED THEM TO THEIR KNEES IN SHAME AND SUBMISSION THE WORSHIP OF THE WORD WE WHEN MEN ACCEPTED THAT WORSHIP THE STRUCTURE OF CENTURIES COLLAPSED ABOUT THEM THE STRUCTURE WHOSE EVERY BEAM HAD COME FROM THE THOUGHT OF SOME ONE MAN EACH IN HIS DAY DOWN THE AGES FROM THE DEPTHS OF SOME ONE SPIRIT SUCH AS SPIRIT EXISTED BUT FOR ITS OWN SAKE THOSE MEN WHO SURVIVED THOSE EAGER TO OBEY EAGER TO LIVE FOR ONE ANOTHER SINCE THEY HAD NOTHING ELSE TO VINDICATE THEM THOSE MEN COULD NEITHER CARRY ON NOR PRESERVE WHAT THEY HAD RECEIVED THUS DID ALL THOUGHT ALL SCIENCE ALL WISDOM PERISH ON EARTH
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