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           Theproblemwastofindaneconomicallysounderreasonforconsumingtransportthanamereaffectionforprimrosesandlandscapes.Itwasdulyfound.

           "Weconditionthemassestohatethecountry,"concludedtheDirector."Butsimultaneouslyweconditionthemtoloveallcountrysports.Atthesametime,weseetoitthatallcountrysportsshallentailtheuseofelaborateapparatus.Sothattheyconsumemanufacturedarticlesaswellastransport.Hencethoseelectricshocks."

           "Isee,"saidthestudent,andwassilent,lostinadmiration.

           Therewasasilence;then,clearinghisthroat,"Onceuponatime,"theDirectorbegan,"whileourFordwasstillonearth,therewasalittleboycalledReubenRabinovitch.ReubenwasthechildofPolish-speakingparents."

           TheDirectorinterruptedhimself."YouknowwhatPolishis,Isuppose?"

           "Adeadlanguage."

           "LikeFrenchandGerman,"addedanotherstudent,officiouslyshowingoffhislearning.

           "And’parent’?"questionedtheD.H.C.

           Therewasanuneasysilence.Severaloftheboysblushed.Theyhadnotyetlearnedtodrawthesignificantbutoftenveryfinedistinctionbetweensmutandpurescience.One,atlast,hadthecouragetoraiseahand.

           "Humanbeingsusedtobe..."hehesitated;thebloodrushedtohischeeks."Well,theyusedtobeviviparous."

           "Quiteright."TheDirectornoddedapprovingly.

           "Andwhenthebabiesweredecanted..."

           "’Born,’"camethecorrection.

           "Well,thentheyweretheparents–Imean,notthebabies,ofcourse;theotherones."