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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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