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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.
