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social partitions. A fraction of their residents owned some land, at times quite distant, while the rest must make do with daily labor. If one could unexpectedly discover impressive reserves of orally transmitted lore, the level of the general mental education was almost nil. This deficit was, In terms of awareness, largely compensated by an ability to internalize the essence of all contacts and experiences in a sort of eternal present. Several times She cautioned, for instance, those arrogant enough to judge from their level, that anyone of those peasants was more conscious of the divine than the intellectuals of Europe.

In order to acquire their trust and respect, much sincerity would be needed.

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Of course there were amidst them all those who kept watch for any possible profit, those who were drawn to any easy gain, those who were hardly scrupulous and would seize any occasion to exert their advantage, inflating the cost of land, blocking access ways or discouraging others, less privileged than them, from joining any works. Just as there were those, too, who felt the proximity of possibilities of which they would not have dreamt and who, without fully understanding to what they were committing, would declare themselves ready to join the adventure.

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