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

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<v Speaker 1>LibriVox recordings are in the public domain. For more information

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<v Speaker 1>or to volunteer, please visit LibriVox dot org. Recording by

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<v Speaker 1>Caden von Klegg Anthem by Einrandt, Chapter three. We equality

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<v Speaker 1>seven dash two five two one have discovered a new

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<v Speaker 1>power of nature. And we have discovered it alone, and

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<v Speaker 1>we are alone to know it. It is said, now,

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<v Speaker 1>let us be lashed for it, if we must. The

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<v Speaker 1>Council of Scholars has said that we all know the

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<v Speaker 1>things which exist, and therefore the things which are not

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<v Speaker 1>known by all do not exist. But we think that

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<v Speaker 1>the Council of Scholars is blind. The secrets of this

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<v Speaker 1>earth are not for all men to see, but only

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<v Speaker 1>for those who will seek them. We know, for we

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<v Speaker 1>have found a secret unknown to all our brothers. We

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<v Speaker 1>know not what this power is, nor whence it comes,

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<v Speaker 1>but we know its nature. We have watched it and

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<v Speaker 1>worked with it. We saw it first two years ago.

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<v Speaker 1>One night, we were cutting open the body of a

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<v Speaker 1>dead frog when we saw its leg jerking. It was dead,

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<v Speaker 1>yet it moved. Some power unknown to men was making

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<v Speaker 1>it move. We could not understand it. Then, after many tests,

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<v Speaker 1>we found the answer. The frog had been hanging on

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<v Speaker 1>a wire of copper, and it had been the metal

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<v Speaker 1>of our knife which had sent a strange power to

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<v Speaker 1>the copper through the brine of the frog's body. We

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<v Speaker 1>put a piece of copper and a piece of zinc

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<v Speaker 1>into a jar of brine. We touched a wire to them,

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<v Speaker 1>and there under our fingers was a miracle which had

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<v Speaker 1>never occurred before, a new miracle and a new power.

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<v Speaker 1>This discovery haunted us. We followed it in preference to

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<v Speaker 1>all our studies. We worked with it, We tested it

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<v Speaker 1>in more ways than we can describe, and each step

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<v Speaker 1>was another miracle unveiling before us. We came to know

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<v Speaker 1>that we had found the greatest power on earth, for

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<v Speaker 1>it defies all the laws known to men. It makes

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<v Speaker 1>the needle move and turn on the compass, which we

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<v Speaker 1>stole from the home of the scholars. But we had

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<v Speaker 1>been taught, when still a child, that the lodestone points

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<v Speaker 1>to the north, and that this is a law which

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<v Speaker 1>nothing can change. Yet our new power defies all laws.

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<v Speaker 1>We found that it causes lightning, and never have men

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<v Speaker 1>known what causes lightning in thunder storms. We raised a

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<v Speaker 1>tall rod of iron by the side of our hull,

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<v Speaker 1>and we watched it from below. We have seen the

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<v Speaker 1>lightning strike it again and again. And now we know

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<v Speaker 1>that metal draws the power of the sky, and that

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<v Speaker 1>metal can be made to give it. Forth. We have

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<v Speaker 1>built strange things with this discovery of ours. We used

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<v Speaker 1>for it the copper wires which we found here under

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<v Speaker 1>the ground. We have walked the length of our tunnel

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<v Speaker 1>with a candle lighting the way. We could go no

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<v Speaker 1>farther than half a mile, for earth and rock had

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<v Speaker 1>fallen at both ends. But we gathered all the things

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<v Speaker 1>we found, and we brought them to our workplace. We

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<v Speaker 1>found strange boxes with bars of metal inside, with many

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<v Speaker 1>cords and strands and coils of metal. We found wires

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<v Speaker 1>that led to strange little globes of glass on the walls.

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<v Speaker 1>They contain threads of metal thinner than a spider's web.

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<v Speaker 1>These things help us in our work. We do not

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<v Speaker 1>understand them, but we think that the men of the

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<v Speaker 1>unmentionable times had known our power of the sky, and

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<v Speaker 1>these things had some relation to it. We do not know,

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<v Speaker 1>but we shall learn. We cannot stop now, even though

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<v Speaker 1>it frightens us. That we are alone in our knowledge.

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<v Speaker 1>No single one can possess greater wisdom than the many

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<v Speaker 1>scholars who are elected by all men for their wisdom.

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<v Speaker 1>Yet we can, we do. We have fought against saying it,

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<v Speaker 1>But now it is said. We do not care. We

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<v Speaker 1>forget all men, all laws, and all things, save our

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<v Speaker 1>metals and our wires, so much as still to be learned.

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<v Speaker 1>So long a road lies before us, And what care

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<v Speaker 1>we if we must travel it alone? End of Chapter three.

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<v Speaker 1>Recording by Kaden von Klegg The Lunar Island dot blogspot

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