第52章《宽容》序言（1）
rologueTolerance
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HappilylivedMankindinthepeacefulValleyofIgnorance。
Tothenorth，tothesouth，tothewestaretchedtheridgesoftheHillsEverlasting。
AlittlestreamofKrickledslhadeepwully。
Itountai。
ItlostitselfintheMarshesoftheFuture。
Itwasnotmuch，asriversgo。Butitwasenoughforthehumblehevillagers。
Intheeveheyhadwateredtheirdhadf？illedtheircasks，theywerettositdowntoenjoylife。
TheOldMenerebroughtforthfromtheshadyerswheretheyhadspenttheirday，poverthemysteriouspagesofanoldbook。
Theymumbledstrarand，whoreferredtoplaywiththeprettypebbles，broughtdownfromdistantlands。
&hesewordswerenotveryclear。
Buttheywerewritathousandyearsagotteheywereholy。
ForintheValleyofIgeverwasoldwasvehosewhainsaythewisdomofthefatherswereshunnedbyalldetpeople。
Aheirpeace。
Fearwaseverwiththem。Whatiftheyshouldberefusedtheoheproductsofthegarden？
&oriestherewere，whisperedatnightamongthenarrowstreetsofthelittletoworiesofmenandwomenwhohaddaredtoaskquestions。
Theyhadgoh，andneveragainhadtheybeenseen。
&riedtoscalethehighwallsethathidthesun。
ðefootofthecliffs。
Theyearsdtheyearswentby。
HappilylivedMankindinthepeacefulValleyofIgnorance。
Outofthedarkaman。
Thenailsofhishaorn。
Hisfeetwerecoveredwithrags，redwiththebloodoflongmarches。
&umbledtothedooroftheandknocked。
Theed。Bythelighthteneddle，hewascarriedtoacot。
Inthemhoutthevillageitwasknown：“Hehaseback。”
Theneighborsstoodaroundandshooktheirheads。Theyhadalwaysknownthatthiswastobetheend。
&andsurreedthosewhodaredtostrollawayfromthefootofthemountains。
AndinohevillagetheOldMenshooktheirheadsandwhisperedburningwords。
&meantobecruel，buttheLawwastheLaw。BitterlythismanhadsithewishesofThoseWhoKnew。
Assoonashiswoundswerehealedhemustbebroughttotrial。