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Chapter 14
Thisyoumaysayandknowitandknowit.Thisyoumayknowwhenthebombsplummetoutoftheblackplanesonthemarketplace,whenprisonersarestucklikepigs,whenthecrushedbodiesdrainfilthilyinthedust.Youmayknowitinthisway.Ifthestepwerenotbeingtaken,ifthestumbling-forwardachewerenotalive,thebombswouldnotfall,thethroatswouldnotbecut.Fearthetimewhenthebombsstopfallingwhilethebomberslive—foreverybombisproofthatthespirithasnotdied.Andfearthetimewhenthestrikesstopwhilethegreatownerslive—foreverylittlebeatenstrikeisproofthatthestepisbeingtaken.Andthisyoucanknow—fearthetimewhenManselfwillnotsufferanddieforaconcept,forthisonequalityisthefoundationofManself,andthisonequalityisman,distinctiveintheuniverse.
Thewesternstatesnervousunderthebeginningchange.TexasandOklahoma,KansasandArkansas,NewMexico,Arizona,California.Asinglefamilymovedfromtheland.Paborrowedmoneyfromthebank,andnowthebankwantstheland.Thelandcompany—that’sthebankwhenithasland—wantstractors,notfamiliesontheland.Isatractorbad?Isthepowerthatturnsthelongfurrowswrong?Ifthistractorwereoursitwouldbegood—notmine,butours.Ifourtractorturnedthelongfurrowsofourland,itwouldbegood.Notmyland,butours.Wecouldlovethattractorthenaswehavelovedthislandwhenitwasours.Butthistractordoestwothings—itturnsthelandandturnsusofftheland.
