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Brave New World By Aldous Huxley

"How does he manifest himself now?" asked

the Savage.

"Well, he manifests himself as an absence;

as though he weren't there at all."

"That's your fault."

"Call it the fault of civilization. God isn't

compatible with machinery and scientific medicine

and universal happiness. You must make your

choice. Our civilization has chosen machinery and

medicine and happiness. That's why I have to keep

these books locked up in the safe. They're smut.

People would be shocked it "

The Savage interrupted him. "But isn't it

natural to feel there's a God?"

"You might as well ask if it's natural to do up

one's trousers with zippers," said the Controller

sarcastically. "You remind me of another of those old

fellows called Bradley. He defined philosophy as the

finding of bad reason for what one believes by

instinct. As if one believed anything by instinct! One

believes things because one has been conditioned to

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