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Chapter 16

           Butthatrequirethemostenormousingenuity.You’remakingflivversoutoftheabsoluteminimumofsteel–worksofartoutofpracticallynothingbutpuresensation."

           TheSavageshookhishead."Itallseemstomequitehorrible."

           "Ofcourseitdoes.Actualhappinessalwayslooksprettysqualidincomparisonwiththeover-compensationsformisery.And,ofcourse,stabilityisn’tnearlysospectacularasinstability.Andbeingcontentedhasnoneoftheglamourofagoodfightagainstmisfortune,noneofthepicturesquenessofastrugglewithtemptation,orafataloverthrowbypassionordoubt.Happinessisnevergrand."

           "Isupposenot,"saidtheSavageafterasilence."Butneeditbequitesobadasthosetwins?"Hepassedhishandoverhiseyesasthoughheweretryingtowipeawaytherememberedimageofthoselongrowsofidenticalmidgetsattheassemblingtables,thosequeued-uptwin-herdsattheentrancetotheBrentfordmonorailstation,thosehumanmaggotsswarmingroundLinda’sbedofdeath,theendlesslyrepeatedfaceofhisassailants.Helookedathisbandagedlefthandandshuddered."Horrible!"

           "Buthowuseful!Iseeyoudon’tlikeourBokanovskyGroups;but,Iassureyou,they’rethefoundationonwhicheverythingelseisbuilt.They’rethegyroscopethatstabilizestherocketplaneofstateonitsunswervingcourse."Thedeepvoicethrillinglyvibrated;thegesticulatinghandimpliedallspaceandtheonrushoftheirresistiblemachine.MustaphaMond’soratorywasalmostuptosyntheticstandards.

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