Цитаты из книги «О дивный новый мир / Brave New World»

You can’t learn a science unless you know what it’s all about.

Patiently the D.H.C. explained. If the children were made to scream at the sight of a rose, that was on grounds of high economic policy. Not so very long ago, Gammas, Deltas, even Epsilons, had been conditioned to like flowers—flowers in particular and wild nature in general. The idea was to make them want to go out into the country, and so compel them .

future Directors of Hatcheries.” instead.

Two hundred and sixty-seven days at eight metres a day.

The sultry darkness here was visible and crimson, like the darkness of closed eyes on a summer’s afternoon.

Eighty-eight cubic metres of card-index,” said Mr. Foster, as they entered.

Mr. Foster smiled modestly. “With pleasure.” They went.

The Director advanced into the room. Tall and rather thin, he had a long chin and big rather prominent teeth. Old, young? Thirty? Fifty? Fifty-

The light was frozen, dead, a ghost.

Rack 3. A special mechanism kept their containers in constant rotation. “To improve their sense of balance,” Mr. Foster explained. “And now,” Mr. Foster went on, “I’d like to show you some very interesting conditioning for Alpha Plus Intellectuals. We have a big batch of them on