fh.godemperorofdune-第98部分

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cterization　of　Judas/Nayla　deserves　careful　reevaluation。
　We　of　the　Minority　must　remind　the　political　censors　that　the　poor　sandworms　in　their　Rakian　Reservation　cannot　provide　us　with　an　alternative　to　Ixian　Navigation　Machines；　nor　are　the　tiny　amounts　of　Church…controlled　melange　any　real　mercial　threat　to　the　products　of　the　Tleilaxu　vats。　No！　We　argue　that　the　myths；　the　Oral　History；　the　Guard　Bible；　and　even　the　Holy　Books　of　the　Divided　God　must　be　pared　with　the　journals　from　Dar…es…Balat。　Every　historical　reference　
　to　the　Scattering　and　the　Famine　Times　has　to　be　taken　out　and　reexamined！　What　have　we　to　fear？　No　Ixian　machine　can　do　what　we；　the　descendants　of　Duncan　Idaho　and　Siona；　have　done。　How　many　universes　have　we　populated？　None　can　guess。　No　one　person　will　ever　know。　Does　the　Church　fear　the　occasional　prophet？　We　know　that　the　visionaries　cannot　see　us　nor　predict　our　decisions。　No　death　can　find　all　of　humankind。　Must　we　of　the　Minority　join　our　fellows　of　the　Scattering　before　we　can　be　heard？　Must　we　leave　the　original　core　of　humankind　ignorant　and　uninformed？　If　the　Majority　drives　us　out；　you　know　we　never　again　can　be　found！
　We　do　not　want　to　leave。　We　are　held　here　by　those　pearls　in　the　sand。　We　are　fascinated　by　the　Church's　use　of　the　pearl　as　〃the　sun　of　understanding。〃　Surely；　no　reasoning　human　can　escape　the　journals'　revelations　in　this　regard。　The　admittedly　fugitive　but　vital　uses　of　archeology　must　have　their　day！　Just　as　the　primitive　machine　with　which　Leto　I　concealed　his　journals　can　only　teach　us　about　the　evolution　of　our　machines；　just　so；　that　ancient　awareness　must　be　allowed　to　speak　to　us。　It　would　be　a　crime　against　both　historical　accuracy　and　science　for　us　to　abandon　our　attempts　at　munication　with　those　〃pearls　of　awareness〃　which　the　journals　have　located。　Is　Leto　II　lost　in　his　endless　dream　or　could　he　be　reawakened　to　our　times；　brought　to　full　consciousness　as　a　storehouse　of　historical　accuracy？　How　can　Holy　Church　fear　this　truth？
　For　the　Minority；　we　have　no　doubt　that　historians　must　listen　to　that　voice　from　our　beginnings。　If　it　is　only　the　journals；　we　must　listen。　We　must　listen　across　at　least　as　many　years　into　our　future　as　those　journals　lay　hidden　in　our　past。　We　will　not　try　to　predict　the　discoveries　yet　to　be　made　within　those　pages。　We　say　only　that　they　must　be　made。　How　can　we　turn　our　backs　on　our　most　important　inheritance？　As　the　poet；　Lon　Bramlis；　has　said：　〃We　are　the　fountain　of　surprises！〃
　
　　　
　　　
　　　
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