Having recovered from his natural, but promptly repressed, emotion, the
Professor continued:-
"I need not remind you of the purpose for which so many of us, from so
many parts of our kingdom, are here assembled. We know what we have come
hither to do: we are come each one of us to sign and seal by his presence
the bond of his assent to those momentous changes, which have found their
first great material expression in the temple that you see around you.
"You all know how, in accordance with the expressed will of the Sunchild,
the Presidents and Vice-Presidents of the Musical Banks began as soon as
he had left us to examine, patiently, carefully, earnestly, and without
bias of any kind, firstly the evidences in support of the Sunchild's
claim to be the son of the tutelar deity of this world, and secondly the
precise nature of his instructions as regards the future position and
authority of the Musical Banks.
"My friends, it is easy to understand why the Sunchild should have given
us these instructions. With that foresight which is the special
characteristic of divine, as compared with human, wisdom, he desired that
the evidences in support of his superhuman character should be collected,
sifted, and placed on record, before anything was either lost through the
death of those who could alone substantiate it, or unduly supplied
through the enthusiasm of over-zealous visionaries.
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