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AldousHuxley
Asquatgreybuildingofonlythirty-fourstories.Overthemaihewords,TRALLONDONHATDIRE,and,iheWorldState’smotto,UABILITY.
Theenormousroomonthegroundfloorfacedtowardsthenorth.Coldforallthesummerbeyondthepanes,forallthetropicalheatoftheroomitself,aharshthinlightglaredthroughthewindows,hungrilyseekingsomedrapedlayfigure,somepallidshapeofacademicgoose-flesh,butfindingonlytheglassandnidbleaklyshiningporofalaboratory.Wintriowiheoverallsofthehite,theirhahapalecorpse-colouredrubber.Thelightwasfrozen,dead,aghost.Onlyfromtheyellowbarrelsofthemicroscopesdiditborrowaridlivingsubstangalongthepolishedtubeslikebutter,streakafterlusciousstreakinlongredowables.
“Andthis,”
saidtheDireingthedoor,“istheFertilizingRoo”
&heirihreehuilizerswerepluheDirectorofHatdiheroom,inthescarcelybreathiheabsent-minded,soliloquizinghumorwhistle,ofabsorbedtration.Atroopofnewlyarrivedstudents,veryyoung,pinkandcallow,followednervously,ratherabjectly,attheDirector’sheels.Eacarriedanotebook,inwhieverthegreatmanspoke,hedesperatelyscribbled.Straightfromthehorse’smouth.Itrivilege.TheD.H.tralLondonalointofpersonallyghissroundthevariousdepartments.
“Justtogiveyouageneralidea,”
hewouldexplaintotheForofeseheymusthave,iftheyweretodotheirworkihoughaslittleofoobegoodandhappymembersofsociety,aspossible.Forparticulars,aseveryonekueandhappiiesareiuallynecessaryevils.Notphilosophersbutfret-saposethebaeofsociety.
“To-morrow,”
hewouldadd,smilihaslightlymey,“you’llbesettlingdowntoseriouswork.Youwoimefeies.Meanwhile...”
Mearivilege.Straightfromthehorse’smouthiebook.Theboysscribbledlikemad.
Tallahinbutupright,theDire.Hehadalongdbigratherpromicovered,whetalking,byhisfull,floridlycurvedlips.Old,young?Thirty?Fifty?Fifty-five?Itwashardtosay.Andaiondidhisyearofstability,A.F.632,itdidn’toccurtoyoutoaskit.
“Ishallbeginatthebeginning,”
saidtheD.H.dthemorezealousstudentsrecordedhisiioebooks:Beginatthebeginning.“These,”
hewavedhishaheincubators.”
Andopeninganinsulateddoorheshowedthemraraberedtest-tubes.“Theweek’ssupplyofova.Kept,”
heexplaibloodheat;whereasthemalegametes,”
andhereheopeherdoor,“theyhavetobekeptatthirty-fiveihirty-seven.Fullbloodheatsterilizes.”
Ramsedintheremogenolambs.
Stillleaningagaiavethem,whilethepencilsscurriedillegiblyacrossthepages,abriefdesprocess;spokefirst,ofcourse,itrodu—“theoperatioarilyfoodofSoehatitcarriesabonusamountingtosixmonths’salary”
;uedwithsomeatoftheteiqueftheexcisedovaryaliveandactivelydevelopioasiderationofoptimumtemperature,salinity,viscosity;referredtotheliquorinwhichthedetadripenedeggswerekept;and,leadinghischargestotheworktables,actuallyshowedthemhowthisliquorwasdrawnofffromthetest-tubes;howitwasletoutdropbydropontothespeciallywarmedslidesofthemicroscopes;howtheeggswhitaiedforabedaoaporousreceptacle;how(aookthemtowatchtheoperatioaclewasimmersedinawarmbouillongfree-swimmiozoa—ataminimumtrationofohousandpertimetre,heinsisted;andhow,afterteheerwasliftedoutoftheliquoranditstsre-examined;how,ifanyoftheeggsremaiilized,itwasagainimmersed,and,ifnecessary,yetagaiilizedovawentbacktotheincubators;wheretheAlphasaasremaiildefiled;whiletheGammas,DeltasandEpsilhtoutagaihirty-sixhours,toBokanovsky’sProcess.
“Bokanovsky’sProcess,”
repeatedtheDiredthestudehewordsilenotebooks.
Oneegg,oneembryo,o-normality.Butabokanovskifiedeggwillbud,willproliferate,willdivide.Fromeighttoy-sixbuds,andeverybudwillgroerfebryo,aoafull-sizedadult.Makiy-sixhumanbeingsgrowwhereonlyonegrewbefress.
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