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<v Speaker 1>Chapter eleven of Anthem. This is a LibriVox recording. All

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<v Speaker 1>Cadin von Klegg Anthem by Einrand, Chapter eleven. I am

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<v Speaker 1>I think, I will, my hands, my spirit, my sky,

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<v Speaker 1>my forest, this earth of mine. What must I say?

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<v Speaker 1>Besides these are the words? This is the answer. I

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<v Speaker 1>stand here on the summit of the mountain. I lift

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<v Speaker 1>my head and I spread my arms. This my body

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<v Speaker 1>and spirit. This is the end of the quest. I

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<v Speaker 1>wish to know the meaning of things. I am the meaning.

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<v Speaker 1>I wished to find a warrant for being. I need

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<v Speaker 1>no warrant for being, and no word of sanction upon

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<v Speaker 1>my being. I am the warrant and the action. It

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<v Speaker 1>is my eyes which see, and the sight of my

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<v Speaker 1>eyes grants beauty to the earth. It is my ears

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<v Speaker 1>which hear, and the hearing of my ears gives its

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<v Speaker 1>song to the world. It is my mind which thinks,

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<v Speaker 1>and the judgment of my mind is the only searchlight

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<v Speaker 1>that can find the truth. It is my will which chooses,

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<v Speaker 1>and the choice of my will is the only edict.

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<v Speaker 1>I must respect. Many words have been granted me, and

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<v Speaker 1>some are wise, and some are false, but only three

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<v Speaker 1>are wholly. I will it whatever road I take. The

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<v Speaker 1>guiding star is within me. The guiding star and the lodestone,

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<v Speaker 1>which point the way, they point in, but one direction

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<v Speaker 1>they point to me. I know not of this earth

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<v Speaker 1>on which I stand is the core of the universe,

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<v Speaker 1>or if it is but a speck of dust lost

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<v Speaker 1>in eternity. I know not, and I care not, for

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<v Speaker 1>I know what happiness is possible to me on earth,

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<v Speaker 1>and my happiness needs no higher aim to vindicate. My

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<v Speaker 1>happiness is not the means to any end. It is

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<v Speaker 1>the end. It is its own goal, it is its

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<v Speaker 1>own purpose. Neither am I the means to any end

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<v Speaker 1>others may wish to accomplish. I am not a tool

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<v Speaker 1>for their use. I am not a servant of their needs.

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<v Speaker 1>I am not a bandage for their wounds. I am

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<v Speaker 1>not a sacrifice on their altars. I am a man.

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<v Speaker 1>This miracle of me is mine to own and keep,

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<v Speaker 1>and mine to guard, and mine to use, and mine

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<v Speaker 1>to kneel before. I do not surrender my treasures, nor

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<v Speaker 1>do I share them. The fortune of my spirit is

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<v Speaker 1>not to be blown into coins of brass and flung

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<v Speaker 1>to the winds as alms for the poor of the spirit.

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<v Speaker 1>I guard my treasures, my thought, my will, my freedom,

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<v Speaker 1>and the greatest of these is freedom. I owe nothing

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<v Speaker 1>to my brothers, nor do I gather debts from them.

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<v Speaker 1>I ask none to live for me, nor do I

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<v Speaker 1>live for any others. I covet no man's soul, nor

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<v Speaker 1>is my soul theirs to cove. I am neither foe

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<v Speaker 1>nor friend to my brothers, but such as each of

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<v Speaker 1>them shall deserve of me. And to earn my love,

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<v Speaker 1>my brothers must do more than to have been born.

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<v Speaker 1>I do not grant my love without reason, nor to

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<v Speaker 1>any chance passerby who may wish to claim it. I

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<v Speaker 1>honor men with my love, but honor is a thing

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<v Speaker 1>to be earned. I shall choose friends among men, but

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<v Speaker 1>neither slaves nor masters. I shall choose only such as

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<v Speaker 1>please me and them. I shall love and respect, but

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<v Speaker 1>neither command nor obey. And we shall join our hands

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<v Speaker 1>when we wish, or walk alone when we so desire.

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<v Speaker 1>For in the temple of his Spirit, each man is alone.

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<v Speaker 1>Let each man keep his temple untouched and undefiled. Then

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<v Speaker 1>let him join hands with others if he wishes, but

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<v Speaker 1>only beyond his holy threshold. For the word we must

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<v Speaker 1>never be spoken save by one's choice and as a

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<v Speaker 1>second thought. This word must never be placed first within

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<v Speaker 1>man's soul, else it become a monster, the root of

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<v Speaker 1>all the evils on earth, the root of man's torture

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<v Speaker 1>by men, and of an unspeakable lie. The word we

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<v Speaker 1>is as lime poured over men, which sets and hardens

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<v Speaker 1>to stone, and crushes all beneath it. And that which

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<v Speaker 1>is white and that which is black are lost equally

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<v Speaker 1>in the gray of it. It is the word by

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<v Speaker 1>which the depraved steal the virtue of the good, by

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<v Speaker 1>which the weak steal the might of the strong, by

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<v Speaker 1>which the fools steal the wisdom of the sages. What

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<v Speaker 1>is my joy if all hands, even the unclean, can

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<v Speaker 1>reach into it? What is my wisdom? If even the

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<v Speaker 1>fools can dictate to me? What is my freedom? If

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<v Speaker 1>all creatures, even the botched and impotent, are my masters?

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<v Speaker 1>What is my life? If I am but to bow,

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<v Speaker 1>to agree, and to obey. But I am done with

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<v Speaker 1>this creed of corruption. I am done with the monster

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<v Speaker 1>of we. The word of serfdom, of plunder, of misery,

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<v Speaker 1>falsehood and shame. And now I see the face of God,

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<v Speaker 1>and I raise this God over the earth, This God

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<v Speaker 1>whom men have sought since men came into being, This

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<v Speaker 1>God who will grant them joy and peace and pride.

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<v Speaker 1>This God, this one word ay, end of chapter eleven.

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