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           Butneverhadmenconsideredthemselvessointellectualandsocompletelyinpossessionofthetruthasthesesufferers,neverhadtheyconsideredtheirdecisions,theirscientificconclusions,theirmoralconvictionssoinfallible.Wholevillages,wholetownsandpeopleswentmadfromtheinfection.Allwereexcitedanddidnotunderstandoneanother.Eachthoughtthathealonehadthetruthandwaswretchedlookingattheothers,beathimselfonthebreast,wept,andwrunghishands.Theydidnotknowhowtojudgeandcouldnotagreewhattoconsiderevilandwhatgood;theydidnotknowwhomtoblame,whomtojustify.Menkilledeachotherinasortofsenselessspite.Theygatheredtogetherinarmiesagainstoneanother,butevenonthemarchthearmieswouldbeginattackingeachother,therankswouldbebrokenandthesoldierswouldfalloneachother,stabbingandcutting,bitinganddevouringeachother.Thealarmbellwasringingalldaylonginthetowns;menrushedtogether,butwhytheyweresummonedandwhowassummoningthemnooneknew.Themostordinarytradeswereabandoned,becauseeveryoneproposedhisownideas,hisownimprovements,andtheycouldnotagree.Thelandtoowasabandoned.Menmetingroups,agreedonsomething,sworetokeeptogether,butatoncebeganonsomethingquitedifferentfromwhattheyhadproposed.Theyaccusedoneanother,foughtandkilledeachother.Therewereconflagrationsandfamine.Allmenandallthingswereinvolvedindestruction.Theplaguespreadandmovedfurtherandfurther.

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