О дивный новый мир

           Stillyelling,thekhakibabieswereloadedontotheirdumb-waitersandwheeledout,leavingbehindthemthesmellofsourmilkandamostwelcomesilence.

           Oneofthestudentshelduphishand;andthoughhecouldseequitewellwhyyoucouldn’thavelower-castpeoplewastingtheCommunity’stimeoverbooks,andthattherewasalwaystheriskoftheirreadingsomethingwhichmightundesirablydeconditiononeoftheirreflexes,yet...well,hecouldn’tunderstandabouttheflowers.WhygotothetroubleofmakingitpsychologicallyimpossibleforDeltastolikeflowers?

           PatientlytheD.H.C.explained.Ifthechildrenweremadetoscreamatthesightofarose,thatwasongroundsofhigheconomicpolicy.Notsoverylongago(acenturyorthereabouts),Gammas,Deltas,evenEpsilons,hadbeenconditionedtolikeflowers–flowersinparticularandwildnatureingeneral.Theideawastomakethemwanttobegoingoutintothecountryateveryavailableopportunity,andsocompelthemtoconsumetransport.

           "Anddidn’ttheyconsumetransport?"askedthestudent.

           "Quitealot,"theD.H.C.replied."Butnothingelse."

           Primrosesandlandscapes,hepointedout,haveonegravedefect:theyaregratuitous.Aloveofnaturekeepsnofactoriesbusy.Itwasdecidedtoabolishtheloveofnature,atanyrateamongthelowerclasses;toabolishtheloveofnature,butnotthetendencytoconsumetransport.Forofcourseitwasessentialthattheyshouldkeepongoingtothecountry,eventhoughtheyhatedit.