THE SWARM 



around which its intelligence revolves. 

 Unique sovereign though she be, she is 

 also the royal servant, the responsible 

 delegate of love, and its captive custo- 

 dian. Her people sene her and venerate 

 her; but the>' never forget that it is not 

 to her person that their homage is given, 

 but to the mission that she fulfils, and 

 tiie destiny she represents. It would not 

 be, easy for us to find a human republic 

 whose scheme comprised more of the 

 desires of our planet; or a democrac>' 

 that offered an independence more perfect 

 and rational, combined with a submission 

 more logical and more complete. And 

 nowhere, surel}-, should we discover more 

 painful and absolute sacrifice. Let it not 

 be imagined that I admire this sacrifice to 



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