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Brave New World By Aldous Huxley

know, when you have to dream which your sacred

animal is–they wouldn't let me go with the others;

they wouldn't tell me any of the secrets. I did it by

myself, though," he added. "Didn't eat anything for

five days and then went out one night alone into

those mountains there." He pointed.

Patronizingly, Bernard smiled. "And did you

dream of anything?" he asked.

The other nodded. "But I mustn't tell you

what." He was silent for a little; then, in a low voice,

"Once," he went on, "I did something that none of

the others did: I stood against a rock in the middle

of the day, in summer, with my arms out, like Jesus

on the Cross."

"What on earth for?"

"I wanted to know what it was like being

crucified. Hanging there in the sun "

"But why?"

"Why? Well " He hesitated. "Because I felt

I ought to. If Jesus could stand it. And then, if one

has done something wrong Besides, I was

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