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
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.