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God Emperor of Dune

Excerpt from the speech by Hadi Benotto announcing the discoveries at Dar-es-
Balat on the planet of Rakis:
IT NOT only is my pleasure to announce to you this morning our discovery of this
marvelous storehouse containing, among other things, a monumental collection of
manuscripts inscribed on ridulian crystal paper, but I also take pride in giving
you our arguments for the authenticity of our discoveries, to tell you why we
believe we have uncovered the original journals of Leto II, the God Emperor.
First, let me recall to you the historical treasure which we all know by the
name of The Stolen Journals, those volumes of known antiquity which over the
centuries have been so valuable in helping us to understand our ancestors. As
you all know, The Stolen Journals were deciphered by the Spacing Guild, and the
method of the Guild Key was employed to translate these newly discovered
volumes. No one denies the antiquity of the Guild Key and it, and it alone,
translates these volumes.
Second, these volumes were printed by an Ixian dictatel of truly ancient make.
The Stolen Journals leave no doubt that this was in fact the method employed by
Leto II to record his historical observations.
Third and we believe that this is equal in portent to the actual discovery,
there is the storehouse itself. The repository for these journals is an
undoubted Ixian artifact of such primitive and yet marvelous construction that
it is sure to throw new light on the historical epoch known as "The Scattering."
As was to be expected, the storehouse was invisible. It was buried far deeper
than myth and the Oral History had led us to expect and it emitted radiation and
absorbed radiation to simulate the natural character of its surroundings, a
mechanical mimesis which is not surprising of itself. What has surprised our
engineers, however, is the way this was done with the most rudimentary and truly
primitive mechanical skills.
I can see that some of you are as excited by this as we were.
We believe we are looking at the first Ixian Globe, the noroom from which all
such devices evolved. If it is not actually the first, we believe it must be one
of the first and embodying the same principles as the first.
Let me address your obvious curiosity by assuring you that we will take you on a
brief tour of the storehouse presently. We will ask only that you maintain
silence while within the storehouse because our engineers and other specialists
are still at work there unraveling the mysteries.
Which brings me to my fourth point, and this may well be the capstone of our
discoveries. It is with emotions difficult to describe that I reveal to you now
another discovery at this site-namely, actual oral recordings which are labeled
as having been made by Leto II in the voice of his father, Paul Muad'Dib. Since
authenticated recordings of the God Emperor are lodged in the Bene Gesserit
Archives, we have sent a sampling of our recordings, all of which were made on
an ancient microbubble system, to the Sisterhood with a formal request that they
conduct a comparison test. We have little doubt that the recordings will be
authenticated.
Now, please turn your attention to the translated excerpts which were handed to
you as you entered. Let me take this opportunity to apologize for their weight.
I have heard some of you joking about that. We used ordinary paper for a
practical reason-economy. The original volumes are inscribed in symbols so small