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At the United Nations, the American and Russian delegates were staring at the British delegate, who was saying methodically,Agriculture, art, literature, science, engineering, medicine, sociology, botany, zoology, beekeeping, tins mi thing, speleology, wa .. . w . .. milita ... mili... mil ... hm-m-m... sewing, needlework, navigation, law, business, barrister, batt... bat... ba— Cant say it. Jed lay back down on the bunk.Mebbo so, he admitted. “Dont mean I gotta like it much, though. Ma never talked thataway to me, no matter how bad a thing I done.” Jane wondered what she should draw and saw she had very faintly sketched on a small scale the outlines of a child, done in sticks-and-blobs like Paul Klee or kindergarten art. She could do another Childrens Clubhouse', she supposed, but where should she put it this time? Whats the outline? Candron wanted to know. However, I knew that the real climax was yet to come. Cursed by some malignant virus, Nolan seemed unable to accept his own handiwork, always destroying it with the same cold humour. Petit Manuel had thrown away his cigarette, and even Van Eyck had turned his attention from the women in the cars. Maybe. She wasnt comforted. But why should I have nightmares? And why always the same one?” Why dont we live in the Old House in the valley, Daddy? In the range control tower, Corporal Weisbaum was getting madder every second. For much the same reason, we tend to know more about the prospects for man in space than about the physical realities of a wartorn peninsula in Asia where, as I write, Americans are dying in the defense of agood political system against one we call “bad.” The people who live there are, like ourselves, citizens of Earth; yet to most of us the language, customs, and physical environment of a Vietcong village would be as strange and unmanageable as those of some alien planet. The point Im trying to make, Reese persisted patiently, is that... that the floppers are in a period of transition. Right now, only some of them are intelligent—only a few. But some day, all of them will be intelligent, because ... because they are living under arduous conditions, andthe intelligent ones are better able to survive—the population increase Sigurd mentioned is evidence of that. So, comparatively speaking, a greater proportion of the intelligent ones will survive to maturity. And the mature ones will tend to live longer than... than the ordinary ones—so they will tend to produce more young. It’s a perfect example of the natural selection process. But itwon’t happen if we try to help them.” "It cant just be passion," I suggested politely. Was she hard to control in other ways, Mrs. Farris? Literature, active. I hesitated for some time before making my selection, but finally chose one which—or who—looked like a senior at Bryn Mawr. I chose her only partially because of her appearance; what clinched the selection was that I could clearly see her lips, through the soundproof plastic case, form the word, Help! An autocrat, he said, triumphantly remembering from the morning spelling lesson, is a man who is king all by himself instead of having a president and senators.” That I did, said Mose. Im grateful for that, at least. The fact remains, Mrs. Carpenter, that I bear no grudge against Mrs. Wellman and have no earthly reason to harm her. Nor does Mrs. Egan. Ed Goldwasser got religion. Zen-Judaism is pretty orthodox these days, yet somehow he found it suited him. But he didnt forget what had happened back out in space. His book,The Cosmic Mind, came out last month, and it’s a good summation of Ted’s ideas, with a minimum of spiritual overtones..
