The word 'We' is as lime poured over men, which sets and hardens
to stone, and crushes all beneath it, and that which is white
and that which is black is lost in the gray of it. It is the
word by which the depraved steal the virtue of the good, by which
the weak steal the might of the strong, by which the fools steal
the wisdom of the sages.
-- Equality 7-2521
to stone, and crushes all beneath it, and that which is white
and that which is black is lost in the gray of it. It is the
word by which the depraved steal the virtue of the good, by which
the weak steal the might of the strong, by which the fools steal
the wisdom of the sages.
-- Equality 7-2521
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