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Brave New World By Aldous Huxley

their colleague's coccyx, four other reporters,

representing the New York Times, the Frankfurt

Four-Dimensional Continuum, The Fordian Science

Monitor, and The Delta Mirror, called that afternoon

at the lighthouse and met with receptions of

progressively increasing violence.

From a safe distance and still rubbing his

buttocks, "Benighted fool!" shouted the man from

The Fordian Science Monitor, "why don't you take

soma?"

"Get away!" The Savage shook his fist.

The other retreated a few steps then turned

round again. "Evil's an unreality if you take a couple

of grammes."

"Kohakwa iyathtokyai!" The tone was

menacingly derisive.

"Pain's a delusion."

"Oh, is it?" said the Savage and, picking up

a thick hazel switch, strode forward.

The man from The Fordian Science Monitor

made a dash for his helicopter.

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