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Chapter 24

           —TheTemplarloses,asthouhastsaid,hissocialrights,hispoweroffreeagency,buthebecomesamemberandalimbofamightybody,beforewhichthronesalreadytremble,—evenasthesingledropofrainwhichmixeswiththeseabecomesanindividualpartofthatresistlessocean,whichunderminesrocksandingulfsroyalarmadas.Suchaswellingfloodisthatpowerfulleague.OfthismightyOrderIamnomeanmember,butalreadyoneoftheChiefCommanders,andmaywellaspireonedaytoholdthebatoonofGrandMaster.ThepoorsoldiersoftheTemplewillnotaloneplacetheirfootuponthenecksofkings—ahemp-sandall’dmonkcandothat.Ourmailedstepshallascendtheirthrone—ourgauntletshallwrenchthesceptrefromtheirgripe.Notthereignofyourvainly-expectedMessiahofferssuchpowertoyourdispersedtribesasmyambitionmayaimat.Ihavesoughtbutakindredspirittoshareit,andIhavefoundsuchinthee."

           "Sayestthouthistooneofmypeople?"answeredRebecca."Bethinkthee—"

           "Answermenot,"saidtheTemplar,"byurgingthedifferenceofourcreeds;withinoursecretconclavesweholdthesenurserytalesinderision.Thinknotwelongremainedblindtotheidioticalfollyofourfounders,whoforsworeeverydelightoflifeforthepleasureofdyingmartyrsbyhunger,bythirst,andbypestilence,andbytheswordsofsavages,whiletheyvainlystrovetodefendabarrendesert,valuableonlyintheeyesofsuperstition.

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