Part 6

So the Walled Towns, now when the need is clamorous again. Evil imperial in scale cannot be blotted out by reform imperial in method. The old way was the good way, the way of withdrawal and of temporary isolation. “To your tents, O Israel!” Gather together the faithful and them of like heart, building in the wilderness sanctuaries and Cities of Refuge. The old ideals are indestructible; they survive through the scorching of suns and the beating of tempests and as ever they are omnipotent when they are rightly used. Not for long would the Walled Towns stand aloof, and rampired against an alien and unkindly world, for more and more would men be drawn within their magical circuits, greater and ever greater would become their number, and at last the new wonder would be accomplished and society once more redeemed.

TRANSCRIBER’S NOTES

Obvious typos corrected, where they are supported by the same word in the rest of the book. Note that there are several archaic terms used that are not actually typos e.g. alarum, froward.

Apparent inconsistencies in hyphenation have been left unchanged.

“in other” corrected to “in another” on page 35.

Missing comma added on page 35: “the individual, the family, the State”.

Missing quotation mark added on page 74: “are bound to be present.”

“belongs” corrected to "belong" on page 92.

Excerpts of _The Decadent: Being the Gospel of Inaction_ are quoted in the Prologue, after the thought break. The presentation of the excerpt has been left unchanged from the original scan.