О дивный новый мир

           Therewasapause;thenthevoicebeganagain.

           "AlphachildrenweargreyTheyworkmuchharderthanwedo,becausethey’resofrightfullyclever.I’mreallyawfulygladI’maBeta,becauseIdon’tworksohard.AndthenwearemuchbetterthantheGammasandDeltas.Gammasarestupid.Theyallweargreen,andDeltachildrenwearkhaki.Ohno,Idon’twanttoplaywithDeltachildren.AndEpsilonsarestillworse.They’retoostupidtobeable..."

           TheDirectorpushedbacktheswitch.Thevoicewassilent.Onlyitsthinghostcontinuedtomutterfrombeneaththeeightypillows.

           "They’llhavethatrepeatedfortyorfiftytimesmorebeforetheywake;thenagainonThursday,andagainonSaturday.Ahundredandtwentytimesthreetimesaweekforthirtymonths.Afterwhichtheygoontoamoreadvancedlesson."

           Rosesandelectricshocks,thekhakiofDeltasandawhiffofasaf?tida–weddedindissolublybeforethechildcanspeak.Butwordlessconditioningiscrudeandwholesale;cannotbringhomethefinerdistinctions,cannotinculcatethemorecomplexcoursesofbehaviour.Forthattheremustbewords,butwordswithoutreason.Inbrief,hypnopædia.

           "Thegreatestmoralizingandsocializingforceofalltime."

           Thestudentstookitdownintheirlittlebooks.Straightfromthehorse’smouth.

           OncemoretheDirectortouchedtheswitch.

           "...sofrightfullyclever,"thesoft,insinuating,indefatigablevoicewassaying,"I’mreallyawfullygladI’maBeta,because.."