О дивный новый мир

           Youcannotpourupper-castechampagne-surrogateintolower-castebottles.It’sobvioustheoretically.Butithasalsobeenprovedinactualpractice.TheresultoftheCyprusexperimentwasconvincing."

           "Whatwasthat?"askedtheSavage.

           MustaphaMondsmiled."Well,youcancallitanexperimentinrebottlingifyoulike.ItbeganinA.F.473.TheControllershadtheislandofCyprusclearedofallitsexistinginhabitantsandre-colonizedwithaspeciallypreparedbatchoftwenty-twothousandAlphas.Allagriculturalandindustrialequipmentwashandedovertothemandtheywerelefttomanagetheirownaffairs.Theresultexactlyfulfilledallthetheoreticalpredictions.Thelandwasn’tproperlyworked;therewerestrikesinallthefactories;thelawsweresetatnaught,ordersdisobeyed;allthepeopledetailedforaspelloflow-gradeworkwereperpetuallyintriguingforhigh-gradejobs,andallthepeoplewithhigh-gradejobswerecounter-intriguingatallcoststostaywheretheywere.Withinsixyearstheywerehavingafirst-classcivilwar.Whennineteenoutofthetwenty-twothousandhadbeenkilled,thesurvivorsunanimouslypetitionedtheWorldControllerstoresumethegovernmentoftheisland.Whichtheydid.AndthatwastheendoftheonlysocietyofAlphasthattheworldhaseverseen."

           TheSavagesighed,profoundly.

           "Theoptimumpopulation,"saidMustaphaMond,"ismodelledontheiceberg–eight-ninthsbelowthewaterline,one-ninthabove."

           "Andthey’rehappybelowthewaterline?"

           "Happierthanaboveit.