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Brave New World By Aldous Huxley

significance and importance. Even the thought of

persecution left him undismayed, was rather tonic

than depressing. He felt strong enough to meet and

overcome affliction, strong enough to face even

Iceland. And this confidence was the greater for his

not for a moment really believing that he would be

calledupon to face anything at all. People simply

weren't transferred for things like that. Iceland was

just a threat. A most stimulating and life-giving

threat. Walking along the corridor, he actually

whistled.

Heroic was the account he gave that evening

of his interview with the D.H.C. "Whereupon," it

concluded, "I simply told him to go to the

Bottomless Past and marched out of the room. And

that was that." He looked at Helmholtz Watson

expectantly, awaiting his due reward of sympathy,

encouragement, admiration. But no word came.

Helmholtz sat silent, staring at the floor.

He liked Bernard; he was grateful to him for

being the only man of his acquaintance with whom

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