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Appendix III. Report on Bene Gesserit Motivesand Purposes
ShewasaBeneGesseritbredandtrained,andshouldhavebeenawillingtooloftheproject.
TheLadyJessicawasorderedtoproduceanAtreidesdaughter.TheplanwastoinbreedthisdaughterwithFeyd-RauthaHarkonnen,anephewoftheBaronVladimir,withthehighprobabilityofaKwisatzHaderachfromthatunion.
Instead,forreasonssheconfesseshaveneverbeencompletelycleartoher,theconcubineLadyJessicadefiedherordersandboreason.
ThisaloneshouldhavealertedtheBeneGesserittothepossibilitythatawildvariablehadenteredtheirscheme.Buttherewereotherfarmoreimportantindicationsthattheyvirtuallyignored:
1.Asayouth,PaulAtreidesshowedabilitytopredictthefuture.Hewasknowntohavehadprescientvisionsthatwereaccurate,penetrating,anddefiedfour-dimensionalexplanation.
2.TheReverendMotherGaiusHelenMohiam,BeneGesseritProctorwhotestedPaul’shumanitywhenhewasfifteen,deposesthathesurmountedmoreagonyinthetestthananyotherhumanofrecord.Yetshefailedtomakespecialnoteofthisinherreport!
3.WhenFamilyAtreidesmovedtotheplanetArrakis,theFremenpopulationtherehailedtheyoungPaulasaprophet,“thevoicefromtheouterworld.”TheBeneGesseritwerewellawarethattherigorsofsuchaplanetasArrakiswithitstotalityofdesertlandscape,itsabsolutelackofopenwater,itsemphasisonthemostprimitivenecessitiesforsurvival,inevitablyproducesahighproportionofsensitives.YetthisFremenreactionandtheobviouselementoftheArrakeendiethighinspicewereglossedoverbyBeneGesseritobservers.
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