День триффидов
World Narrowing
Ifound,therefore,thatallworksstarted,asitwere,inthemiddle,takingforgrantedbothabasisandavocabularythatIdidnothave.Myspecializedbiologicalknowledgewasallbutuselesstomeinthefaceofpracticalproblems.MuchofthetheorycalledformaterialsandsubstanceswhichwereeitherunavailabletomeorunrecognizablebyincifIcouldfindthem.IbegantoseequitesoonthatbythetimeIhaddismissedthethingsthatwouldshortlybeunprocurable,suchaschemicalfertilizers,importedfeedingstuffs,andallbutthesimplerkindsofmachinery,therewasgoingtobemuchexpenditureofsweatforproblematicalreturns.
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