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The Concerto of Deliverance
Fromthefirstextortionhehadaccepted,fromthefirstdirectivehehadobeyed,hehadgiventhemcausetobelievethatrealitywasathingtobecheated,thatonecoulddemandtheirrationalandsomeonesomehowwouldprovideit.IfhehadacceptedtheEqualizationofOpportunityBill,ifhehadacceptedDirective10-289,ifhehadacceptedthelawthatthosewhocouldnotequalhisabilityhadtherighttodisposeofit,thatthosewhohadnotearnedweretoprofit,buthewhohadwastolose,thatthosewhocouldnotthinkweretocommand,buthewhocouldwastoobeythem—thenweretheyillogicalinbelievingthattheyexistedinanirrationaluniverse?Hehadmadeitforthem,hehadprovidedit.
Weretheyillogicalinbelievingthattheirswasonlytowish,towishwithnoconcernforthepossible—andthathiswastofulfilltheirwishes,bymeanstheydidnothavetoknoworname?They,theimpotentmystics,strugglingtoescapetheresponsibilityofreason,hadknownthathe,therationalist,hadundertakentoservetheirwhims.
