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It was a pleasure to burn
Iexaggerate,ofcourse.Thedictionarieswereforreference. ButmanywerethosewhosesoleknowledgeofHamlet(youknowthetitlecertainly,Montag;itisprobablyonlyafaintrumourofatitletoyou,Mrs.Montag)whosesoleknowledge, asIsay,ofHamletwasaone-pagedigestinabookthatclaimed: ‘nowatleastyoucanreadalltheclassics;keepupwithyourneighbours.’Doyousee? Outofthenurseryintothecollegeandbacktothenursery;there’syourintellectualpatternforthepastfivecenturiesormore."
Mildredaroseandbegantomovearoundtheroom,pickingthingsupandputtingthemdown. Beattyignoredherandcontinued.
"Speedupthefilm,Montag,quick.Click?Pic?Look,Eye,Now,Flick,Here,There,Swift,Pace,Up,Down,In,Out,Why,How,Who,What,Where,Eh?Uh! Bang!Smack!Wallop,Bing,Bong,Boom!Digest-digests,digest-digest-digests.Politics?Onecolumn,twosentences,aheadline! Then,inmid-air,allvanishes!Whirlman’smindaroundaboutsofastunderthepumpinghandsofpublishers,exploiters,broadcasters, thatthecentrifugeflingsoffallunnecessary,time-wastingthought!"
Mildredsmoothedthebedclothes.Montagfelthisheartjumpandjumpagainasshepattedhispillow. Rightnowshewaspullingathisshouldertotrytogethimtomovesoshecouldtakethepillowoutandfixitnicelyandputitback. Andperhapscryoutandstareorsimplyreachdownherhandandsay,"What’sthis?" andholdupthehiddenbookwithtouchinginnocence.
"Schoolisshortened,disciplinerelaxed,philosophies,histories,languagesdropped, Englishandspellinggraduallyneglected,finallyalmostcompletelyignored. Lifeisimmediate,thejobcounts,pleasureliesallaboutafterwork. Whylearnanythingsavepressingbuttons,pullingswitches,fittingnutsandbolts?"
