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AldousHuxley

Asquatgreybuildingofonlythirty-fourstories.Overthemaihewords，TRALLONDONHATDIRE，and，iheWorldState’smotto，UABILITY.

Theenormousroomonthegroundfloorfacedtowardsthenorth.Coldforallthesummerbeyondthepanes，forallthetropicalheatoftheroomitself，aharshthinlightglaredthroughthewindows，hungrilyseekingsomedrapedlayfigure，somepallidshapeofacademicgoose-flesh，butfindingonlytheglassandnidbleaklyshiningporofalaboratory.Wintriowiheoverallsofthehite，theirhahapalecorpse-colouredrubber.Thelightwasfrozen，dead，aghost.Onlyfromtheyellowbarrelsofthemicroscopesdiditborrowaridlivingsubstangalongthepolishedtubeslikebutter，streakafterlusciousstreakinlongredowables.

“Andthis，”

saidtheDireingthedoor，“istheFertilizingRoom.”

&heirihreehuilizerswerepluheDirectorofHatdiheroom，inthescarcelybreathiheabsent-minded，soliloquizinghumorwhistle，ofabsorbedtration.Atroopofnewlyarrivedstudents，veryyoung，pinkandcallow，followednervously，ratherabjectly，attheDirector’sheels.Eacarriedanotebook，inwhieverthegreatmanspoke，hedesperatelyscribbled.Straightfromthehorse’smouth.Itrivilege.TheD.H.tralLondonalointofpersonallyghissroundthevariousdepartments.

“Justtogiveyouageneralidea，”

hewouldexplaintothem.Forofeseheymusthave，iftheyweretodotheirworkihoughaslittleofoobegoodandhappymembersofsociety，aspossible.Forparticulars，aseveryonekueandhappiiesareiuallynecessaryevils.Notphilosophersbutfret-saposethebaeofsociety.

“To-morrow，”

hewouldadd，smilihaslightlymey，“you’llbesettlingdowntoseriouswork.Youwoimefeies.Meanwhile...”

Mearivilege.Straightfromthehorse’smouthiebook.Theboysscribbledlikemad.

Tallahinbutupright，theDire.Hehadalongdbigratherpromicovered，whetalking，byhisfull，floridlycurvedlips.Old，young?Thirty?Fifty?Fifty-five?Itwashardtosay.Andaiondidhisyearofstability，A.F.632，itdidn’toccurtoyoutoaskit.

“Ishallbeginatthebeginning，”

saidtheD.H.dthemorezealousstudentsrecordedhisiioebooks:Beginatthebeginning.“These，”

hewavedhishaheincubators.”

Andopeninganinsulateddoorheshowedthemraraberedtest-tubes.“Theweek’ssupplyofova.Kept，”

heexplaibloodheat;whereasthemalegametes，”

andhereheopeherdoor，“theyhavetobekeptatthirty-fiveihirty-seven.Fullbloodheatsterilizes.”

Ramsedintheremogenolambs.

Stillleaningagaiavethem，whilethepencilsscurriedillegiblyacrossthepages，abriefdesprocess;spokefirst，ofcourse，itrodu—“theoperatioarilyfoodofSoehatitcarriesabonusamountingtosixmonths’salary”

;uedwithsomeatoftheteiqueftheexcisedovaryaliveandactivelydevelopioasiderationofoptimumtemperature，salinity，viscosity;referredtotheliquorinwhichthedetadripenedeggswerekept;and，leadinghischargestotheworktables，actuallyshowedthemhowthisliquorwasdrawnofffromthetest-tubes;howitwasletoutdropbydropontothespeciallywarmedslidesofthemicroscopes;howtheeggswhitaiedforabedaoaporousreceptacle;how（aookthemtowatchtheoperatioaclewasimmersedinawarmbouillongfree-swimmiozoa—ataminimumtrationofohousandpertimetre，heinsisted;andhow，afterteheerwasliftedoutoftheliquoranditstsre-examined;how，ifanyoftheeggsremaiilized，itwasagainimmersed，and，ifnecessary，yetagaiilizedovawentbacktotheincubators;wheretheAlphasaasremaiildefiled;whiletheGammas，DeltasandEpsilhtoutagaihirty-sixhours，toBokanovsky’sProcess.

“Bokanovsky’sProcess，”

repeatedtheDiredthestudehewordsilenotebooks.

Oneegg，oneembryo，o-normality.Butabokanovskifiedeggwillbud，willproliferate，willdivide.Fromeighttoy-sixbuds，andeverybudwillgroerfebryo，aoafull-sizedadult.Makiy-sixhumanbeingsgrowwhereonlyonegrewbefress.

&ially，”

theD.H.cluded，“bokanovskifisistsofaseriesofarrestsofdevelopmehenroaradoxiough，theeggrespondsbybudding.”

Respondsbybudding.Thepencilswerebusy.

&ed.Onaveryslowlymovingbandarack-fulloftest-tubeswasenterialbox，another，rack-fullwasemergilypurred.Ittookeightmihetubesth，hetoldthem.EightminutesofhardX-raysbeingaboutasmueggd.Afewdied;oftherest，theleastsusceptibledividedintotwo;mostputoutfourbuds;someeight;allwerereturors，wherethebudsbegahewodays，weresuddenlychilled，dchecked.Twht，thebudsiurnbudded;andhavingbuddedweredosedalmosttodeathwithalsequentlyburgeonedagainandhaviofbudoutofbud—werethereafter—furtherarrestbeial—lefttodevelopinpeace.Bywhichtimethegwasinafairwaytobeinganythioy-sixembryiousimprovement，youwillagree，ois—butnotinpiddlingtwosaheoldviviparousdays，whenaneggwouldsometimesatallydivide;actuallybydozens，byscoresatatime.

“Scores，”