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           Besides,wehaveourstabilitytothinkof.Wedon’twanttochange.Everychangeisamenacetostability.That’sanotherreasonwhywe’resocharyofapplyingnewinventions.Everydiscoveryinpurescienceispotentiallysubversive;evensciencemustsometimesbetreatedasapossibleenemy.Yes,evenscience."

           Science?TheSavagefrowned.Heknewtheword.Butwhatitexactlysignifiedhecouldnotsay.Shakespeareandtheoldmenofthepueblohadnevermentionedscience,andfromLindahehadonlygatheredthevaguesthints:sciencewassomethingyoumadehelicopterswith,somethingthatcausedyoutolaughattheCornDances,somethingthatpreventedyoufrombeingwrinkledandlosingyourteeth.HemadeadesperateefforttotaketheController’smeaning.

           "Yes,"MustaphaMondwassaying,"that’sanotheriteminthecostofstability.Itisn’tonlyartthat’sincompatiblewithhappiness;it’salsoscience.Scienceisdangerous;wehavetokeepitmostcarefullychainedandmuzzled."

           "What?"saidHelmholtz,inastonishment."Butwe’realwayssayingthatscienceiseverything.It’sahypnopædicplatitude."

           "Threetimesaweekbetweenthirteenandseventeen,"putinBernard.

           "AndallthesciencepropagandawedoattheCollege..."

           "Yes;butwhatsortofscience?"askedMustaphaMondsarcastically."You’vehadnoscientifictraining,soyoucan’tjudge.Iwasaprettygoodphysicistinmytime.