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God Emporer of Dune
Frank Herbert



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