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He never finished his sentence. A fury of sound came from the hall of the Council. One of the leaders shouted for silence.
"You have heard, comrades! You observe what sort of man has been sent to address us! We of Youth have a lesson to learn from the Age of Waste, it appears! At least the Oldsters think so! The crisis that has arisen is a small matter, but if we should once give in when will the thing stop? What must they think of our intelligence if they expect us to believe this three-thousand-year sleep story? To send him here was sheer effrontery! And to send him here with that piece of advice passes beyond all bounds of toleration. Timberfall! There can be only one answer. We must make such an example of this person as shall forever stamp our principles deep in the minds of the whole world!"