О дивный новый мир

           "Thelowerthecaste,"saidMr.Foster,"theshortertheoxygen."Thefirstorganaffectedwasthebrain.Afterthattheskeleton.Atseventypercentofnormaloxygenyougotdwarfs.Atlessthanseventyeyelessmonsters.

           "Whoarenouseatall,"concludedMr.Foster.

           Whereas(hisvoicebecameconfidentialandeager),iftheycoulddiscoveratechniqueforshorteningtheperiodofmaturationwhatatriumph,whatabenefactiontoSociety!

           "Considerthehorse."

           Theyconsideredit.

           Matureatsix;theelephantatten.Whileatthirteenamanisnotyetsexuallymature;andisonlyfull-grownattwenty.Hence,ofcourse,thatfruitofdelayeddevelopment,thehumanintelligence.

           "ButinEpsilons,"saidMr.Fosterveryjustly,"wedon’tneedhumanintelligence."

           Didn’tneedanddidn’tgetit.ButthoughtheEpsilonmindwasmatureatten,theEpsilonbodywasnotfittoworktilleighteen.Longyearsofsuperfluousandwastedimmaturity.Ifthephysicaldevelopmentcouldbespeededuptillitwasasquick,say,asacow’s,whatanenormoussavingtotheCommunity!

           "Enormous!"murmuredthestudents.Mr.Foster’senthusiasmwasinfectious.

           Hebecamerathertechnical;spokeoftheabnormalendocrineco-ordinationwhichmademengrowsoslowly;postulatedagerminalmutationtoaccountforit.Couldtheeffectsofthisgerminalmutationbeundone?CouldtheindividualEpsilonembryobemadearevert,byasuitabletechnique,tothenormalityofdogsandcows?Thatwastheproblem.Anditwasallbutsolved.