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| THE HAWK AND THE BLINDWORM
This book would translate Beyond-Reason into the words of Reason.
Explain thou snow to them of Andaman.
The slaves of reason call this book Abuse-of-Language: they are right.
Language was made for men to eat and drink, make love, do, barter,
die. The wealth of a language consists in it Abstracts; the
poorest tongues have wealth of Concretes.
Therefore have Adepts praised silence; at least it does not mislead as speech does.
Also, Speech is a symptom of Thought.
Yet, silence is but the negative side of Truth; the positive side is beyond even silence.
Nevertheless, One True God crieth hriliu! And the laughter of the Death-rattle is akin.
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| SKIDOO
What man is at ease in his Inn?
Get out.
Wide is the world and col.
Get out.
Thous hast become an in-itiate.
Get out.
But thou canst no get out by the way thou cannest in. The Way out is THE WAY.
Get out.
For Out is love and Wisdom and Power.
get OUT.
If thou has T already, firt get UT.
Then get O.
And so a last get OUT.
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| THE DESPOT
The waiters of the best eating-houses mock the whole world; they estimate every client at his proper value.
This I know certainly, because they always treat me with profound
respect. thus they have flattered me into praising them thus
publicly.
Yet it is true; and they have this insight because they serve, and
because they can have no personal interest in the affairs of those whom
they serve.
An absolute monarch would be absolutely wise and good.
But no man is strong enough to have not interest. Therefore the best king would be Pure Chance.
It is Pure Chance that rules the Universe; therefore, and only therefore, life is good.
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| THE BLIND WEBSTER
It is not necessary to understand; it is enough to adore.
The god may be of clay: adore him; he becomes GOD.
We ignore what created us; we adore what we create. Let us create nothing but GOD!
That which causes us to create is our true father and mother; we create in our own image, which is theirs.
Let us create therefore without fear; for we can create nothing that is not GOD.
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| SAMSON
The Universe is in equilibrium; therefore He that is without it, though his force be but a feather, can overturn the Universe.
Be not caught within that web, O child of Freedom! Be not entangled in the universal lie, O child of Truth.
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