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Brave New World By Aldous Huxley

Benito was notoriously good-natured. People said of

him that he could have got through life without ever

touching soma. The malice and bad tempers from

which other people had to take holidays never

afflicted him. Realityfor Benito was always sunny.

"Pneumatic too. And how!" Then, in another

tone: "But, I say," he went on, "you do look glum!

What you need is a gramme of soma." Diving into

his right-hand trouser-pocket, Benito produced a

phial. "One cubic centimetre cures ten gloomy

But, I say!"

Bernard had suddenly turned and rushed

away.

Benito stared after him. "What can be the

matter with the fellow?" he wondered, and, shaking

his head, decided that the story about the alcohol

having been put into the poor chap's blood-

surrogate must be true. "Touched his brain, I

suppose."

He put away the soma bottle, and taking out

a packet of sex-hormone chewing-gum, stuffed a

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