The recurrence of the phrase, this time with capitals, carries a deeper meaning: Giorgio is first and foremost a defender of society, of the lawfully organized mass, a thing as "immortal" as the people are of "infinite duration." On the allegorical level, the People's declaration for utopian socialism puts them in opposition to, and on a collision course with, Giorgio's ideals. The ominous sense is enhanced by the paragraph's first sentence.