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Brave New World By Aldous Huxley

serpent, on the "s." Then, suddenly raising his voice,

"Ladies and gentlemen," he trumpeted, "ladies and

gentlemen."

The singing of the girls over their test-tubes,

the preoccupied whistling of the Microscopists,

suddenly ceased. There was a profound silence;

every one looked round.

"Ladies and gentlemen," the Director

repeated once more, "excuse me for thus

interrupting your labours. A painful duty constrains

me. The security and stability of Society are in

danger. Yes, in danger, ladies and gentlemen. This

man," he pointed accusingly at Bernard, "this man

who stands before you here, this Alpha-Plus to

whom so much has been given, andfrom whom, in

consequence, so much must be expected, this

colleague of yours–or should I anticipate and say

this ex-colleague?–has grossly betrayed the trust

imposed in him. By his heretical views on sport and

soma, by the scandalous unorthodoxy of his sex-life,

by his refusal to obey the teachings of Our Ford and

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