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abounded with treasures ? Had they never heard
that the earth was rich ? Did they think that she
could not feed her children ?
They should not murmur amongst themselves and
say that it was impossible to arrange things
differently. They should not believe that there must be
rich and poor. Ah, they knew nothing, they knew
not their mother earth. Did they think she hated
any one of them ? Had they then laid down on the
ground and heard the earth speak? Had they seen
her write laws ? Had they heard her pronounce
sentence? Had she commanded some to starve and
some to perish from too good living ?
Why did they not lift up their ears and listen to
the new doctrines passing through the world ?
Didn’t they wish to be better off? Were they then
fond of their rags ? Were they content with cresses
and sorrels ? Would they not like to own a roof
over their heads ?
And he said that it mattered not at all if they
refused to believe in the new time arising. It would
come to them nevertheless. It was not necessary
for them to lift the sun out of the sea in the morning,
was it ? The new era would come to them as the
sun came, but why didn’t they wish to be one of the
party to meet it ? Why did they shut themselves
up, afraid of the new light?
He continued long in this manner, and more and
more of the poor people in Diamante gathered
around him.
But the longer he talked, the clearer became his
voice.
There was fire in his clear eyes, and to the people
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