Once very just people reigned. They were people of great sensitivity and ethical perfection. These people wielded sharp pens and wore glasses that allowed them to see the failings in others. Whenever they saw a failing, they had their pens sharpened and wrote a missive. Those who sharpened their pens and read their missives made up their army. So long as the people in the realm of the just wrote and read missives, justice was the rule of the land.
In the reign of the just lived people who were not-just. Some of the not-just wielded spades, hoes, and hammers. These people tilled the earth and built houses and other buildings. They worked long hours but were not just. Others among the not-just were wealthy and used their wealth to purchase or build. These latter often made compromises that invited long missives from the just.
The not-just had dirty hands. Sometimes their hands were caked with dirt. Sometimes they were calloused. Sometimes they were streaked with the fat of chickens or blotched with traces of compromise and power.
-- H. A. Massig המשיג
