Freedom of Thought and Its Heroes in History

He turned his back to the "adults" and turned to those who had just been his brothers. He said, as if pleading with them, "Listen to me, listen to me, and rejoice; I have gone beyond the mountains... I have set foot on new lands, I have shaken hands with other people, and my eyes have seen wondrous things... When I asked someone: What is behind these plateaus? I would answer with a shake of the head and silence, and if I persisted in asking, they would take me to the white bones, the bones ...