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Every One Gets What He Deserves, Not What He Desires


  



1. THE CALM   
Not a single visual of chest-beating or wild grief. Sorrow itself has been 
elevated. 
  
2. THE DIGNITY 
  
Disciplined queues for water and groceries. Not a rough word or a crude 
gesture. 
  
3. THE ABILITY 
  
The incredible architects, for instance. Buildings swayed but didn’t fall. 
  
4. THE GRACE 
  
People bought only what they needed for the present, so everybody could get 
something. 
  
5. THE ORDER 
  
No looting in shops. No honking and no overtaking on the roads. Just 
understanding. 
  
6. THE SACRIFICE 
  
Fifty workers stayed back to pump sea water in the N-reactors. How will they 
ever be repaid? 
  
7. THE TENDERNESS 
  
Restaurants cut prices. An unguarded ATM is left alone. The strong cared for 
the weak. 
  
8. THE TRAINING 
  
The old and the children, everyone knew exactly what to do. And they did just 
that. 
  
9. THE MEDIA 
  
They showed magnificent restraint in the bulletins. No silly reporters. Only 
calm reportage. 
  
10. THE CONSCIENCE 
  
When the power went off in a store, people put things back on the shelves and 
left quietly- 



      

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