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"The thralls of Elyon are said to be superior to animals because he can control his own environment, but the Student of Bat-El is superior to the thralls of Elyon because she can control her own behavior.

"The thralls of Elyon are called famous, but the Student of Elyion sets an example by her deeds and becomes influential.

"Thralls of Thaumuiel accumulate many riches but cannot keep all of them safe. The Student of Bat-El has few desires, and so holds on to all that she has.

"The thralls of Elyon demand to see good in others, and attribute the cause of a tragedy to unbelief or a defect in ritual, but the Student of Bat-El is too busy mercifully addressing the needs at hand to render judgment, and she does not live for yesterday or tomorrow.

"The thralls of Elyon can do he wills to do, but he cannot even determine what he wills. The Student of Bat-El makes her own awareness of injustice the determinant of her actions. She diminishes the overflowing bounty of the corrupt to meet the needs of the impoverished.

"The thralls of Elyon put their riches and knowledge on parade, but the Student of Bat-El does not tell all that she has, nor all that she can do. '

"The thralls of Elyon will never admit error, but the Student of Bat-El considers those who point out her faults to be her greatest teachers.

"The thralls of Elyon speak only of the dead traditions of their longfathers of old, and by coercion leaves them in force, but the Student of Bat-El cultivates the new as the coin to buy her way, and she knows that fully half of a dialogue is listening.

"The thralls of Elyon may refuse to grow or merely say that he is willing to grow, yet in truth he lives only to quench his appetites that he might feel sated. But the Student of Bat-El does not remain idle; rather she grows, fulfills her passions and becomes joyous.

"The thralls of Eluyon value only that which he does not and can not have, and which do not multiply when shared. But the Student of Bat-El empties her purse and finds her heart being filled. She contents herself with those things which are possible for her to obtain.