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Part Three
ItmakestheneedlemoveandturnonthecompasswhichwestolefromtheHomeoftheScholars;butwehadbeentaught,whenstillachild,thattheloadstonepointstothenorthandthatthisisalawwhichnothingcanchange;yetournewpowerdefiesalllaws.Wefoundthatitcauseslightning,andneverhavemenknownwhatcauseslightning.Inthunderstorms,weraisedatallrodofironbythesideofourhole,andwewatcheditfrombelow.Wehaveseenthelightningstrikeitagainandagain.Andnowweknowthatmetaldrawsthepowerofthesky,andthatmetalcanbemadetogiveitforth.
Wehavebuiltstrangethingswiththisdiscoveryofours.Weusedforitthecopperwireswhichwefoundhereundertheground.Wehavewalkedthelengthofourtunnel,withacandlelightingtheway.Wecouldgonofartherthanhalfamile,forearthandrockhadfallenatbothends.Butwegatheredallthethingswefoundandwebroughtthemtoourworkplace.Wefoundstrangeboxeswithbarsofmetalinside,withmanycordsandstrandsandcoilsofmetal.Wefoundwiresthatledtostrangelittleglobesofglassonthewalls;theycontainedthreadsofmetalthinnerthanaspider’sweb.
Thesethingshelpusinourwork.Wedonotunderstandthem,butwethinkthatthemenoftheUnmentionableTimeshadknownourpowerofthesky,andthesethingshadsomerelationtoit.Wedonotknow,butweshalllearn.Wecannotstopnow,eventhoughitfrightensusthatwearealoneinourknowledge.
NosingleonecanpossessgreaterwisdomthanthemanyScholarswhoareelectedbyallmenfortheirwisdom.Yetwecan.Wedo
