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1、ANTHEMANTHEMbyAynRand1ANTHEMPARTONEItisasintowritethis.Itisasintothinkwordsnoothersthinkandtoputthemdownuponapapernoothersaretosee.Itisbaseandevil.Itisasifwewerespeakingalonetonoearsbutourown.Andweknowwellthatthereisnotransgressionblackerthantodoorthin
2、kalone.Wehavebrokenthelaws.ThelawssaythatmenmaynotwriteunlesstheCouncilofVocationsbidthemso.Maywebeforgiven!Butthisisnottheonlysinuponus.Wehavecommittedagreatercrime,andforthiscrimethereisnoname.Whatpunishmentawaitsusifitbediscoveredweknownot,fornosuch
3、crimehascomeinthememoryofmenandtherearenolawstoprovideforit.Itisdarkhere.Theflameofthecandlestandsstillintheair.Nothingmovesinthistunnelsaveourhandonthepaper.Wearealonehereundertheearth.Itisafearfulword,alone.Thelawssaythatnoneamongmenmaybealone,everan
4、datanytime,forthisisthegreattransgressionandtherootofallevil.Butwehavebrokenmanylaws.Andnowthereisnothingheresaveouronebody,anditisstrangetoseeonlytwolegsstretchedontheground,andonthewallbeforeustheshadowofouronehead.Thewallsarecrackedandwaterrunsupont
5、heminthinthreadswithoutsound,blackandglisteningasblood.WestolethecandlefromthelarderoftheHomeoftheStreetSweepers.WeshallbesentencedtotenyearsinthePalaceofCorrectiveDetentionifitbediscovered.Butthismattersnot.Itmattersonlythatthelightispreciousandweshou
6、ldnotwasteittowritewhenweneeditforthatworkwhichisourcrime.Nothingmatterssavethework,oursecret,ourevil,ourpreciouswork.Still,wemustalsowrite,for--maytheCouncilhavemercyuponus!--wewishtospeakforoncetonoearsbutourown.OurnameisEquality7-2521,asitiswritteno
7、ntheironbraceletwhichallmenwearontheirleftwristswiththeirnamesuponit.Wearetwenty-oneyearsold.Wearesixfeettall,andthisisaburden,fortherearenotmanymenwhoaresixfeettall.EverhavetheTeachersandthe2ANTHEMLeaderspointedtousandfrownedandsaid:"Thereisevilinyour
8、bones,Equality7-2521,foryourbodyhasgrownbeyondthebodiesofyourbrothers."Butwecannotchangeourbonesnorourbody.Wewerebornwithacurse.Ithasalwaysdrivenustothoughtswhichareforbidden.Ithasalwaysgivenuswisheswhichmenmaynotwish.Weknowthatweareevi
