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           Whenwewerefiveyearsold,weweresenttotheHomeoftheStudents,wheretherearetenwards,forourtenyearsoflearning.Menmustlearntilltheyreachtheirfifteenthyear.Thentheygotowork.IntheHomeoftheStudentswearosewhenthebigbellranginthetowerandwewenttoourbedswhenitrangagain.Beforeweremovedourgarments,westoodinthegreatsleepinghall,andweraisedourrightarms,andwesaidalltogetherwiththethreeTeachersatthehead:

           “Wearenothing.Mankindisall.Bythegraceofourbrothersareweallowedourlives.Weexistthrough,byandforourbrotherswhoaretheState.Amen.”

           Thenweslept.Thesleepinghallswerewhiteandcleanandbareofallthingssaveonehundredbeds.

           We,Equality7-2521,werenothappyinthoseyearsintheHomeoftheStudents.Itwasnotthatthelearningwastoohardforus.Itwasthatthelearningwastooeasy.Thisisagreatsin,tobebornwithaheadwhichistooquick.Itisnotgoodtobedifferentfromourbrothers,butitiseviltobesuperiortothem.TheTeacherstoldusso,andtheyfrownedwhentheylookeduponus.

           Sowefoughtagainstthiscurse.Wetriedtoforgetourlessons,butwealwaysremembered.WetriednottounderstandwhattheTeacherstaught,butwealwaysunderstooditbeforetheTeachershadspoken.WelookeduponUnion5-3992,whowereapaleboywithonlyhalfabrain,andwetriedtosayanddoastheydid,thatwemightbelikethem,likeUnion5-3992,butsomehowtheTeachersknewthatwewerenot.Andwewerelashedmoreoftenthanalltheotherchildren.