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the miracles of antichrist
themselves in the very air and fluttered before his
eyes now in fire, now in blood, now in smoke.
He became calm. He stood there with the gun
in his hand, but he ceased to fight. Suddenly he
knew that these were the words which he had been
searching for during his whole life. He knew what
to say to the people, and it was this poor image that
had given him the solution.
He would go out into the world and proclaim:
" Your kingdom is only of this world.
" Therefore ye must take thought for this life, and
live as brothers. And ye shall divide your riches, so
that no one shall be rich and no one poor. And ye
shall all work and the earth shall be possessed by all,
and ye shall all be equal.
" No one shall hunger, no one shall be tempted to
luxuriance, and no one shall suffer want in his old
age.
" And ye must bear in mind to work for everybody’s
happiness, for there is no compensation awaiting
you. Your kingdom is only of this world."
All this passed through his brain, while he yet
stood on the barricade, and when the thought
became clear to him, he laid down his weapon, and
lifted it no more in strife or bloodshed.
Immediately after that the barricade was attacked
anew and taken. The troops advanced victoriously
and quelled the insurrection, and before evening
peace and order prevailed all over the great city.
Then the English lady sent out servants to
search for her lost possessions. What they found
first of all on the assaulted barricade was the ejected
image from Aracoeli.
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