Related drafts for the first, second, and third scenes

1ST CITIZEN: We would only have to look at ourselves in shame if we wanted to take the same position on Thomasius's actions as these initiates want us to. They will always make us feel that only they themselves recognize the true value of what has happened, and that we must stand in the antechamber of their wisdom in order to present, in their sense, the heralds of a spiritual message that conforms to their goals.