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toftheirability.theyhful

    tothendntsofthehasanyortaluld

    hopetobe.theyperor

    tokeepongoodterhthosedistantbutalwaysdangerous

    potentates.inshort,theytriedthtandtobe

    fairtotheieighbourshoutbeilyunfairtotheir

    oerests.

    itselves.

    thegreaterpartofthepeople

    handsuchapartofthesoiluponhey

    livedastheablestheyshared.their

    fateparticularlyhappynorparticularly

    unhappy.butodothegoodlordwhoruled

    theiddleageshadundoubtedlyorderedeverything

    forthebest.ifhe,inhis,haddecidedthat

    therestbebothknightsandserfs,itthedutyof

    thesefaithfulsonsoftheent.

    theserfsthereforedidnotplainbutheyoo

    harddrivelefed

    andstabledintherightethingily

    doobettertheirndition.butiftheprogressofthe

    aster,wewould

    stillbelivingafterthefashionofthethtury,saying

    ``abracadabrariedtostopatoothache,andfeeling

    adeepandhatredforthedentistohelp

    usostlikelydan

    orheathenishinandthereforebothkedanduseless.

    whenyougroanypeopledo

    notbelievein``progressandtheyoyoubythe

    terribledeedsofsoofouroporariesthat``the

    ge.butihopethatyoupay

    chattentiontosuchtalk.yousee,ittookouraors

    alstalliooleahooheirhindlegs.

    otherallikegrunts

    developedintoaandablelanguage.i

    ofpreservingourideasforthebeoffuturegeions,

    houtedonlyfour

    thousandyearsago.theideaoftuingtheforcesofnature

    intotheobedientservantsofnenehedaysof

    yourosto,therefore,thatweare

    kingprogressatanunheardofrateofspeed.perhapswe

    havepaidalittletooerephysicalforts

    oflife.thateandwe

    shallthenattasrelatedtohealth

    andtobinganderyingeneral.

    butpleasedooosentintalaboutthe``goodold

    days.nypeoplehebeautifulhesand

    thegreatiddleageshaveleftbehind

    gropareouroion

    ellsofbackfiring

    tortruitiesofathousandyearsago.

    butthesediaevalheswereinvariablysurroundedby

    serablehovelsparedtoodetehouse

    standsforthasaluxuriouspalace.itistruethatthenoble

    laandtheequallynobleparsifal,thepureyounghero

    insearchoftheholygrail,botheredby

    theasoline.

    ...

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