O ye the elected representatives of the people
in every land! Take ye counsel together, and let
your concern be only for that which profiteth mankind,
and bettereth the condition thereof, if ye be
of them that scan heedfully. Regard the world as the
human body which, though at its creation whole and
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perfect, hath been afflicted, through various causes,
with grave disorders and maladies. Not for one day
did it gain ease, nay its sickness waxed more severe,
as it fell under the treatment of ignorant physicians,
who gave full rein to their personal desires, and have
erred grievously. And if, at one time, through the
care of an able physician, a member of that body was
healed, the rest remained afflicted as before. Thus informeth
you the All-Knowing, the All-Wise.