О дивный новый мир

           "Bokanovsky’sProcess,"repeatedtheDirector,andthestudentsunderlinedthewordsintheirlittlenotebooks. 

           Oneegg,oneembryo,oneadult-normality. Butabokanovskifiedeggwillbud,willproliferate,willdivide. 

           Fromeighttoninety-sixbuds,andeverybudwillgrowintoaperfectlyformedembryo,andeveryembryointoafull-sizedadult. Makingninety-sixhumanbeingsgrowwhereonlyonegrewbefore.Progress. 

           "Essentially,"theD.H.C.concluded,"bokanovskificationconsistsofaseriesofarrestsofdevelopment. Wecheckthenormalgrowthand,paradoxicallyenough,theeggrespondsbybudding." 

           Respondsbybudding.Thepencilswerebusy. 

           Hepointed. Onaveryslowlymovingbandarack-fulloftest-tubeswasenteringalargemetalbox,another,rack-fullwasemerging. Machineryfaintlypurred. Ittookeightminutesforthetubestogothrough,hetoldthem. EightminutesofhardX-raysbeingaboutasmuchasaneggcanstand. Afewdied; oftherest,theleastsusceptibledividedintotwo; mostputoutfourbuds; someeight; allwerereturnedtotheincubators,wherethebudsbegantodevelop; then,aftertwodays,weresuddenlychilled,chilledandchecked. Two,four,eight,thebudsintheirturnbudded; andhavingbuddedweredosedalmosttodeathwithalcohol; consequentlyburgeonedagainandhavingbudded–budoutofbudoutofbud–werethereafter–furtherarrestbeinggenerallyfatal–lefttodevelopinpeace.