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Brave New World By Aldous Huxley
counter to natural impulses (in this case, the
impulse to recoil from an unpleasant object)."
At Eton they alighted on the roof of Upper
School. On the opposite side of School Yard, the
fifty-two stories of Lupton's Tower gleamed white in
the sunshine. College on their left and, on their
right, the School Community Singery reared their
venerable piles of ferro-concrete and vita-glass. In
the centre of the quadrangle stood the quaint
oldchrome-steel statue of Our Ford.
Dr. Gaffney, the Provost, and Miss Keate,
the Head Mistress, received them as they stepped
out of the plane.
"Do you have many twins here?" the Savage
asked rather apprehensively, as they set out on
their tour of inspection.
"Oh, no," the Provost answered. "Eton is
reserved exclusively for upper-caste boys and girls.
One egg, one adult. It makes education more
difficult of course. But as they'll be called upon to
take responsibilities and deal with unexpected
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