THE SWARM 



themselves content to encounter the hard- 

 ships and perils of a new and distant 

 country. This act, be it conscious or 

 not, undoubtedly passes the limits of 

 human morality. Its result will some- 

 times be ruin, but poverty always ; and 

 the thrice-happy city is scattered abroad 

 in obedience to a law superior to its own 

 happiness. Where has this law been 

 decreed, which, as we soon shall find, is 

 by no means as blind and inevitable as 

 one might believe? Where, in what as- 

 sembly, what council, what intellectual and 

 moral sphere, does this spirit reside to 

 whom all must submit, itself being vassal 

 to an heroic duty, to an intelligence 

 whose eyes are persistently fixed on 

 the future? 



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