Nullius in verba. Take nobody's word for it. – motto of the Royal Society
Report III. The Charter, transcribed. The Registrar gave me a copy, typed on card stock, and I transcribe it whole, because nothing in Recto makes sense without it. It was adopted in the Congress Hall on 1 March 1959, in the presence of the surviving presidium, and has been amended once. Article 1. Every person in Recto is a scholar, and every scholar is a subject. Article 2. Any scholar may study any other. No subject may refuse to be studied. Article 3. A paper is reviewed by its subject, who may accept it, return it for revision, or contest it. Article 4. A contested paper is defended on the floor of the Theatre. The author is the Respondent and stands in the circle; the subject is the Opponent. The paper is fought in its sections, one round to each. A section is struck when the Respondent leaves the circle or yields. What remains is the paper. Article 5. The Theatre does not decide what is true. It decides what is printed. Article 6. Every paper cites its subject. A citation is a...
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