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Part Seven
“ManymenintheHomesoftheScholarshavehadstrangenewideasinthepast,”saidSolidarity8-1164,“butwhenthemajorityoftheirbrotherScholarsvotedagainstthem,theyabandonedtheirideas,asallmenmust.”
“Thisboxisuseless,”saidAlliance6-7349.
“Shoulditbewhattheyclaimofit,”saidHarmony9-2642,“thenitwouldbringruintotheDepartmentofCandles.TheCandleisagreatboontomankind,asapprovedbyallmen.Thereforeitcannotbedestroyedbythewhimofone.”
“ThiswouldwreckthePlansoftheWorldCouncil,”saidUnanimity2-9913,“andwithoutthePlansoftheWorldCouncilthesuncannotrise.IttookfiftyyearstosecuretheapprovalofalltheCouncilsfortheCandle,andtodecideuponthenumberneeded,andtore-fitthePlanssoastomakecandlesinsteadoftorches.ThistoucheduponthousandsandthousandsofmenworkinginscoresofStates.WecannotalterthePlansagainsosoon.”
“Andifthisshouldlightenthetoilofmen,”saidSimilarity5-0306,“thenitisagreatevil,formenhavenocausetoexistsaveintoilingforothermen.”
ThenCollective0-0009roseandpointedatourbox.
“Thisthing,”theysaid,“mustbedestroyed.”
Andalltheotherscriedasone:
“Itmustbedestroyed!”
Thenweleapttothetable.
Weseizedourbox,weshovedthemaside,andwerantothewindow.Weturnedandwelookedatthemforthelasttime,andarage,suchasitisnotfitforhumanstoknow,chokedourvoiceinourthroat.
“Youfools!”wecried.
