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The Moratorium on Brains
2,wasajournalistwhowrotethatitisproperandmoraltousecompulsion"foragoodcause,"whobelievedthathehadtherighttounleashphysicalforceuponothers—towrecklives,throttleambitions,strangledesires,violateconvictions,toimprison,todespoil,tomurder—forthesakeofwhateverhechosetoconsiderashisownideaof"agoodcause,"whichdidnotevenhavetobeanidea,sincehehadneverdefinedwhatheregardedasthegood,buthadmerelystatedthathewentby"afeeling"—afeelingunrestrainedbyanyknowledge,sinceheconsideredemotionsuperiortoknowledgeandreliedsolelyonhisown"goodintentions"andonthepowerofagun.
ThewomaninRoomette10,CarNo.3,wasanelderlyschoolteacherwhohadspentherlifeturningclassafterclassofhelplesschildrenintomiserablecowards,byteachingthemthatthewillofthemajorityistheonlystandardofgoodandevil,thatamajoritymaydoanythingitpleases,thattheymustnotasserttheirownpersonalities,butmustdoasothersweredoing.
ThemaninDrawingRoomB,CarNo.4,wasanewspaperpublisherwhobelievedthatmenareevilbynatureandunfitforfreedom,thattheirbasicinstincts,ifleftunchecked,aretolie,torobandtomurderoneanother—and,therefore,menmustberuledbymeansoflies,robberyandmurder,whichmustbemadetheexclusiveprivilegeoftherulers,forthepurposeofforcingmentowork,teachingthemtobemoralandkeepingthemwithintheboundsoforderandjustice.
