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Brave New World By Aldous Huxley


                           "O brave new world …" By some malice of


            his memory the Savage found himself repeating


            Miranda's words. "O brave new world that has such


            people in it."


                           "And I assure you," the Human Element


            Manager concluded, as they left the factory, "we



            hardly ever have any trouble with our workers. We


            always find …"


                           But the Savage had suddenly broken away


            from his companions and was violently retching,


            behind a clump of laurels,  as though the solid earth


            had been a helicopter in an air pocket.


                           "The Savage," wrote Bernard, "refuses to


            take soma, and seems much distressed because of


            the woman Linda, hism–––, remains permanently on


            holiday. It is worthy of note that, in spite of his m––


            –'s senility and the extreme  repulsiveness of her



            appearance, the Savage frequently goes to see her


            and appears to be much attached to her–an


            interesting example of the way in which early


            conditioning can be made to modify and even run






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