... Lastly, it came like a commandment to me--to give all to
the Coming Generation--to acknowledge the New Race as one's
God--remembering always that all Gods are jealous Gods."
It's all in that, our dream of Romance--Democracy, the Planetary Hive.
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I am using a short story as the next chapter, because it brings nearer
to the centre of the picture certain ideals of romance, workmanship,
martyrdom, love and death, than many essays could do. A tale may be
a master-synthesis. Perhaps it is just the thing to show you what
we mean, as a group,--what we mean about many things. This is not a
marketable tale; in fact, it was done with the idea of making a place
for itself just here in this book.
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