“because，finally，ipreferredhis，”heconrolleranswered“iwasgivenhechoice：obesenoanisnd，whereicouldhavegoonwihmypurescience，orobeakenonoheconrollers’councilwihheprospecofsucceedinginduecourseoanacualconrollershipichosehisandlehesciencego”aferalilesilence，“someimes，”headded，“iraherregrehesciencehappinessisahardmaser–paricurlyoherpeople’shappinessamuchhardermaser，ifoneisn’condiionedoaccepiunquesioningly，hanruh”hesighed，fellsilenagain，henconinuedinabriskerone，“well，duy’sduyonecan’consulone’sownpreferencei’mineresedinruh，ilikescienceburuh’samenace，scienceisapublicdangerasdangerousasi’sbeenbeneficenihasgivenushesablesequilibriuminhisorychina’swashopelesslyinsecurebycomparison；evenheprimiivemariarchiesweren’seadierhanwearehanks，lrepea，osciencebuwecan’allowscienceoundoisowngoodworkha’swhywesocarefullylimihescopeofisresearches–ha’swhyialmosgosenoanisndwedon’allowiodealwihanybuhemosimmediaeproblemsofhemomenalloherenquiriesaremossedulouslydiscouragedi’scurious”

hewenonaferalilepause，“oreadwhapeopleinheimeofourfordusedowrieabouscienificprogressheyseemedohaveimaginedhaicouldbeallowedogoonindefiniely，regardlessofeveryhingelseknowledgewashehighesgood，ruhhesupremevalue；allhereswassecondaryandsubordinaerue，ideaswerebegi

ingochangeevenhenourfordhimselfdidagreadealoshifheemphasisfromruhandbeauyocomforandhappinessmassproduciondemandedheshifuniversalhappinesskeepshewheelsseadilyurning；ruhandbeauycan’and，ofcourse，wheneverhemassesseizedpoliicalpower，heniwashappinessraherhanruhandbeauyhamaeredsill，inspieofeveryhing，unresricedscienificresearchwassillpermiedpeoplesillwenonalkingabouruhandbeauyashoughheywerehesovereigngoodsrighupoheimeofhenineyears’warhamadehemchangeheiruneallrighwha’shepoinofruhorbeauyorknowledgewhenheanhraxbombsarepoppingallaroundyou？hawaswhensciencefirsbeganobeconrolled–aferhenineyears’warpeoplewerereadyohaveevenheirappeiesconrolledhenanyhingforaquielifewe’vegoneonconrollingeversinceihasn’beenverygoodforruh，ofcoursebui’sbeenverygoodforhappinessonecan’havesomehingfornohinghappinesshasgoobepaidforyou’repayingfori，mrwason–payingbecauseyouhappenobeoomuchineresedinbeauyiwasoomuchineresedinruh；ipaidoo”

“buyoudidn’gooanisnd，”saidhesavage，breakingalongsilence

heconrollersmiled“ha’showipaidbychoosingoservehappinessoherpeople’s–nominei’slucky，”headded，aferapause，“haherearesuchaloofisndsinheworldidon’knowwhaweshoulddowihouhempuyouallinhelehalchamber，isupposebyheway，mrwason，wouldyoulikearopicalclimae？hemarquesas，forexample；orsamoa？orsomehingrahermorebracing？”

helmholzrosefromhispneumaicchair“ishouldlikeahoroughlybadclimae，”heanswered“ibelieveonewouldwriebeerifheclimaewerebadifherewerealoofwindandsorms，forexample…”

heconrollernoddedhisapprobaion“ilikeyourspiri，mrwasonilikeiverymuchindeedasmuchasiofficiallydisapproveofi”hesmiled“whaabouhefalkndisnds？”

“yes，ihinkhawilldo，”helmholzanswered“andnow，ifyoudon’mind，i’llgoandseehowpoorbernard’sgeingon”

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