Remove trailing whitespace from all Python files.
Fixes flake8 warning W291 (x224).
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Aymeric Augustin
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from transformers import AutoModel
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input_text = """Bent over their instruments, three hundred Fertilizers were plunged, as
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the Director of Hatcheries and Conditioning entered the room, in the
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input_text = """Bent over their instruments, three hundred Fertilizers were plunged, as
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the Director of Hatcheries and Conditioning entered the room, in the
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scarcely breathing silence, the absent-minded, soliloquizing hum or
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whistle, of absorbed concentration. A troop of newly arrived students,
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very young, pink and callow, followed nervously, rather abjectly, at the
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Director's heels. Each of them carried a notebook, in which, whenever
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the great man spoke, he desperately scribbled. Straight from the
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horse's mouth. It was a rare privilege. The D. H. C. for Central London
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always made a point of personally conducting his new students round
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the various departments.
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scarcely breathing silence, the absent-minded, soliloquizing hum or
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whistle, of absorbed concentration. A troop of newly arrived students,
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very young, pink and callow, followed nervously, rather abjectly, at the
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Director's heels. Each of them carried a notebook, in which, whenever
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the great man spoke, he desperately scribbled. Straight from the
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horse's mouth. It was a rare privilege. The D. H. C. for Central London
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always made a point of personally conducting his new students round
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the various departments.
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"Just to give you a general idea," he would explain to them. For of
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course some sort of general idea they must have, if they were to do
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their work intelligently-though as little of one, if they were to be good
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and happy members of society, as possible. For particulars, as every
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one knows, make for virtue and happiness; generalities are intellectu-
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ally necessary evils. Not philosophers but fret-sawyers and stamp col-
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lectors compose the backbone of society.
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"Just to give you a general idea," he would explain to them. For of
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course some sort of general idea they must have, if they were to do
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their work intelligently-though as little of one, if they were to be good
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and happy members of society, as possible. For particulars, as every
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one knows, make for virtue and happiness; generalities are intellectu-
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ally necessary evils. Not philosophers but fret-sawyers and stamp col-
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lectors compose the backbone of society.
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"To-morrow," he would add, smiling at them with a slightly menacing
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geniality, "you'll be settling down to serious work. You won't have time
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for generalities. Meanwhile ..."
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"To-morrow," he would add, smiling at them with a slightly menacing
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geniality, "you'll be settling down to serious work. You won't have time
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for generalities. Meanwhile ..."
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Meanwhile, it was a privilege. Straight from the horse's mouth into the
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notebook. The boys scribbled like mad.
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Meanwhile, it was a privilege. Straight from the horse's mouth into the
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notebook. The boys scribbled like mad.
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Tall and rather thin but upright, the Director advanced into the room.
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He had a long chin and big rather prominent teeth, just covered, when
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he was not talking, by his full, floridly curved lips. Old, young? Thirty?
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Fifty? Fifty-five? It was hard to say. And anyhow the question didn't
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arise; in this year of stability, A. F. 632, it didn't occur to you to ask it.
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Tall and rather thin but upright, the Director advanced into the room.
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He had a long chin and big rather prominent teeth, just covered, when
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he was not talking, by his full, floridly curved lips. Old, young? Thirty?
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Fifty? Fifty-five? It was hard to say. And anyhow the question didn't
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arise; in this year of stability, A. F. 632, it didn't occur to you to ask it.
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"I shall begin at the beginning," said the D.H.C. and the more zealous
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students recorded his intention in their notebooks: Begin at the begin-
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ning. "These," he waved his hand, "are the incubators." And opening
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an insulated door he showed them racks upon racks of numbered test-
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tubes. "The week's supply of ova. Kept," he explained, "at blood heat;
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whereas the male gametes," and here he opened another door, "they
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have to be kept at thirty-five instead of thirty-seven. Full blood heat
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sterilizes." Rams wrapped in theremogene beget no lambs.
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"I shall begin at the beginning," said the D.H.C. and the more zealous
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students recorded his intention in their notebooks: Begin at the begin-
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ning. "These," he waved his hand, "are the incubators." And opening
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an insulated door he showed them racks upon racks of numbered test-
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tubes. "The week's supply of ova. Kept," he explained, "at blood heat;
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whereas the male gametes," and here he opened another door, "they
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have to be kept at thirty-five instead of thirty-seven. Full blood heat
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sterilizes." Rams wrapped in theremogene beget no lambs.
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Still leaning against the incubators he gave them, while the pencils
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scurried illegibly across the pages, a brief description of the modern
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Still leaning against the incubators he gave them, while the pencils
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scurried illegibly across the pages, a brief description of the modern
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fertilizing process; spoke first, of course, of its surgical introduc-
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tion-"the operation undergone voluntarily for the good of Society, not
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to mention the fact that it carries a bonus amounting to six months'
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salary"; continued with some account of the technique for preserving
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the excised ovary alive and actively developing; passed on to a consid-
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eration of optimum temperature, salinity, viscosity; referred to the liq-
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uor in which the detached and ripened eggs were kept; and, leading
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his charges to the work tables, actually showed them how this liquor
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was drawn off from the test-tubes; how it was let out drop by drop
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onto the specially warmed slides of the microscopes; how the eggs
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which it contained were inspected for abnormalities, counted and
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transferred to a porous receptacle; how (and he now took them to
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watch the operation) this receptacle was immersed in a warm bouillon
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containing free-swimming spermatozoa-at a minimum concentration
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of one hundred thousand per cubic centimetre, he insisted; and how,
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after ten minutes, the container was lifted out of the liquor and its
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contents re-examined; how, if any of the eggs remained unfertilized, it
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was again immersed, and, if necessary, yet again; how the fertilized
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ova went back to the incubators; where the Alphas and Betas re-
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mained until definitely bottled; while the Gammas, Deltas and Epsilons
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were brought out again, after only thirty-six hours, to undergo Bo-
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kanovsky's Process.
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fertilizing process; spoke first, of course, of its surgical introduc-
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tion-"the operation undergone voluntarily for the good of Society, not
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to mention the fact that it carries a bonus amounting to six months'
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salary"; continued with some account of the technique for preserving
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the excised ovary alive and actively developing; passed on to a consid-
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eration of optimum temperature, salinity, viscosity; referred to the liq-
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uor in which the detached and ripened eggs were kept; and, leading
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his charges to the work tables, actually showed them how this liquor
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was drawn off from the test-tubes; how it was let out drop by drop
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onto the specially warmed slides of the microscopes; how the eggs
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which it contained were inspected for abnormalities, counted and
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transferred to a porous receptacle; how (and he now took them to
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watch the operation) this receptacle was immersed in a warm bouillon
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containing free-swimming spermatozoa-at a minimum concentration
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of one hundred thousand per cubic centimetre, he insisted; and how,
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after ten minutes, the container was lifted out of the liquor and its
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contents re-examined; how, if any of the eggs remained unfertilized, it
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was again immersed, and, if necessary, yet again; how the fertilized
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ova went back to the incubators; where the Alphas and Betas re-
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mained until definitely bottled; while the Gammas, Deltas and Epsilons
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were brought out again, after only thirty-six hours, to undergo Bo-
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kanovsky's Process.
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"Bokanovsky's Process," repeated the Director, and the students un-
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derlined the words in their little notebooks.
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"Bokanovsky's Process," repeated the Director, and the students un-
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derlined the words in their little notebooks.
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One egg, one embryo, one adult-normality. But a bokanovskified egg
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will bud, will proliferate, will divide. From eight to ninety-six buds, and
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every bud will grow into a perfectly formed embryo, and every embryo
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into a full-sized adult. Making ninety-six human beings grow where
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only one grew before. Progress.
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One egg, one embryo, one adult-normality. But a bokanovskified egg
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will bud, will proliferate, will divide. From eight to ninety-six buds, and
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every bud will grow into a perfectly formed embryo, and every embryo
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into a full-sized adult. Making ninety-six human beings grow where
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only one grew before. Progress.
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"Essentially," the D.H.C. concluded, "bokanovskification consists of a
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series of arrests of development. We check the normal growth and,
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paradoxically enough, the egg responds by budding."
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"Essentially," the D.H.C. concluded, "bokanovskification consists of a
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series of arrests of development. We check the normal growth and,
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paradoxically enough, the egg responds by budding."
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Responds by budding. The pencils were busy.
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Responds by budding. The pencils were busy.
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He pointed. On a very slowly moving band a rack-full of test-tubes was
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entering a large metal box, another, rack-full was emerging. Machinery
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faintly purred. It took eight minutes for the tubes to go through, he
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He pointed. On a very slowly moving band a rack-full of test-tubes was
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entering a large metal box, another, rack-full was emerging. Machinery
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faintly purred. It took eight minutes for the tubes to go through, he
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told them. Eight minutes of hard X-rays being about as much as an
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egg can stand. A few died; of the rest, the least susceptible divided
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into two; most put out four buds; some eight; all were returned to the
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incubators, where the buds began to develop; then, after two days,
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were suddenly chilled, chilled and checked. Two, four, eight, the buds
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in their turn budded; and having budded were dosed almost to death
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with alcohol; consequently burgeoned again and having budded-bud
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out of bud out of bud-were thereafter-further arrest being generally
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fatal-left to develop in peace. By which time the original egg was in a
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fair way to becoming anything from eight to ninety-six embryos- a
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prodigious improvement, you will agree, on nature. Identical twins-but
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not in piddling twos and threes as in the old viviparous days, when an
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egg would sometimes accidentally divide; actually by dozens, by
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scores at a time.
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told them. Eight minutes of hard X-rays being about as much as an
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egg can stand. A few died; of the rest, the least susceptible divided
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into two; most put out four buds; some eight; all were returned to the
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incubators, where the buds began to develop; then, after two days,
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were suddenly chilled, chilled and checked. Two, four, eight, the buds
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in their turn budded; and having budded were dosed almost to death
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with alcohol; consequently burgeoned again and having budded-bud
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out of bud out of bud-were thereafter-further arrest being generally
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fatal-left to develop in peace. By which time the original egg was in a
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fair way to becoming anything from eight to ninety-six embryos- a
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prodigious improvement, you will agree, on nature. Identical twins-but
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not in piddling twos and threes as in the old viviparous days, when an
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egg would sometimes accidentally divide; actually by dozens, by
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scores at a time.
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"Scores," the Director repeated and flung out his arms, as though he
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were distributing largesse. "Scores."
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"Scores," the Director repeated and flung out his arms, as though he
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were distributing largesse. "Scores."
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But one of the students was fool enough to ask where the advantage
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lay.
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But one of the students was fool enough to ask where the advantage
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lay.
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"My good boy!" The Director wheeled sharply round on him. "Can't you
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see? Can't you see?" He raised a hand; his expression was solemn.
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"Bokanovsky's Process is one of the major instruments of social stabil-
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ity!"
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"My good boy!" The Director wheeled sharply round on him. "Can't you
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see? Can't you see?" He raised a hand; his expression was solemn.
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"Bokanovsky's Process is one of the major instruments of social stabil-
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ity!"
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Major instruments of social stability.
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Major instruments of social stability.
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Standard men and women; in uniform batches. The whole of a small
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factory staffed with the products of a single bokanovskified egg.
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Standard men and women; in uniform batches. The whole of a small
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factory staffed with the products of a single bokanovskified egg.
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"Ninety-six identical twins working ninety-six identical machines!" The
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voice was almost tremulous with enthusiasm. "You really know where
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you are. For the first time in history." He quoted the planetary motto.
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"Community, Identity, Stability." Grand words. "If we could bo-
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kanovskify indefinitely the whole problem would be solved."
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"Ninety-six identical twins working ninety-six identical machines!" The
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voice was almost tremulous with enthusiasm. "You really know where
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you are. For the first time in history." He quoted the planetary motto.
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"Community, Identity, Stability." Grand words. "If we could bo-
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kanovskify indefinitely the whole problem would be solved."
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Solved by standard Gammas, unvarying Deltas, uniform Epsilons. Mil-
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lions of identical twins. The principle of mass production at last applied
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to biology.
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Solved by standard Gammas, unvarying Deltas, uniform Epsilons. Mil-
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lions of identical twins. The principle of mass production at last applied
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to biology.
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"But, alas," the Director shook his head, "we can't bokanovskify indefi-
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nitely."
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"But, alas," the Director shook his head, "we can't bokanovskify indefi-
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nitely."
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Ninety-six seemed to be the limit; seventy-two a good average. From
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the same ovary and with gametes of the same male to manufacture as
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many batches of identical twins as possible-that was the best (sadly a
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second best) that they could do. And even that was difficult.
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Ninety-six seemed to be the limit; seventy-two a good average. From
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the same ovary and with gametes of the same male to manufacture as
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many batches of identical twins as possible-that was the best (sadly a
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second best) that they could do. And even that was difficult.
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"For in nature it takes thirty years for two hundred eggs to reach ma-
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turity. But our business is to stabilize the population at this moment,
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here and now. Dribbling out twins over a quarter of a century-what
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would be the use of that?"
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"For in nature it takes thirty years for two hundred eggs to reach ma-
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turity. But our business is to stabilize the population at this moment,
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here and now. Dribbling out twins over a quarter of a century-what
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would be the use of that?"
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Obviously, no use at all. But Podsnap's Technique had immensely ac-
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celerated the process of ripening. They could make sure of at least a
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hundred and fifty mature eggs within two years. Fertilize and bo-
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kanovskify-in other words, multiply by seventy-two-and you get an
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average of nearly eleven thousand brothers and sisters in a hundred
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and fifty batches of identical twins, all within two years of the same
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age.
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Obviously, no use at all. But Podsnap's Technique had immensely ac-
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celerated the process of ripening. They could make sure of at least a
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hundred and fifty mature eggs within two years. Fertilize and bo-
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kanovskify-in other words, multiply by seventy-two-and you get an
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average of nearly eleven thousand brothers and sisters in a hundred
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and fifty batches of identical twins, all within two years of the same
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age.
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"And in exceptional cases we can make one ovary yield us over fifteen
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thousand adult individuals."
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"And in exceptional cases we can make one ovary yield us over fifteen
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thousand adult individuals."
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Beckoning to a fair-haired, ruddy young man who happened to be
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passing at the moment. "Mr. Foster," he called. The ruddy young man
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approached. "Can you tell us the record for a single ovary, Mr. Foster?"
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Beckoning to a fair-haired, ruddy young man who happened to be
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passing at the moment. "Mr. Foster," he called. The ruddy young man
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approached. "Can you tell us the record for a single ovary, Mr. Foster?"
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"Sixteen thousand and twelve in this Centre," Mr. Foster replied with-
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out hesitation. He spoke very quickly, had a vivacious blue eye, and
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took an evident pleasure in quoting figures. "Sixteen thousand and
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twelve; in one hundred and eighty-nine batches of identicals. But of
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course they've done much better," he rattled on, "in some of the tropi-
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cal Centres. Singapore has often produced over sixteen thousand five
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hundred; and Mombasa has actually touched the seventeen thousand
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mark. But then they have unfair advantages. You should see the way a
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negro ovary responds to pituitary! It's quite astonishing, when you're
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used to working with European material. Still," he added, with a laugh
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(but the light of combat was in his eyes and the lift of his chin was
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challenging), "still, we mean to beat them if we can. I'm working on a
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wonderful Delta-Minus ovary at this moment. Only just eighteen
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"Sixteen thousand and twelve in this Centre," Mr. Foster replied with-
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out hesitation. He spoke very quickly, had a vivacious blue eye, and
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took an evident pleasure in quoting figures. "Sixteen thousand and
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twelve; in one hundred and eighty-nine batches of identicals. But of
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course they've done much better," he rattled on, "in some of the tropi-
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cal Centres. Singapore has often produced over sixteen thousand five
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hundred; and Mombasa has actually touched the seventeen thousand
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mark. But then they have unfair advantages. You should see the way a
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negro ovary responds to pituitary! It's quite astonishing, when you're
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used to working with European material. Still," he added, with a laugh
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(but the light of combat was in his eyes and the lift of his chin was
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challenging), "still, we mean to beat them if we can. I'm working on a
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wonderful Delta-Minus ovary at this moment. Only just eighteen
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months old. Over twelve thousand seven hundred children already, ei-
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ther decanted or in embryo. And still going strong. We'll beat them
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yet."
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months old. Over twelve thousand seven hundred children already, ei-
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ther decanted or in embryo. And still going strong. We'll beat them
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yet."
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"That's the spirit I like!" cried the Director, and clapped Mr. Foster on
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the shoulder. "Come along with us, and give these boys the benefit of
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your expert knowledge."
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"That's the spirit I like!" cried the Director, and clapped Mr. Foster on
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the shoulder. "Come along with us, and give these boys the benefit of
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your expert knowledge."
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Mr. Foster smiled modestly. "With pleasure." They went.
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In the Bottling Room all was harmonious bustle and ordered activity.
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Flaps of fresh sow's peritoneum ready cut to the proper size came
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shooting up in little lifts from the Organ Store in the sub-basement.
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Whizz and then, click! the lift-hatches hew open; the bottle-liner had
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only to reach out a hand, take the flap, insert, smooth-down, and be-
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fore the lined bottle had had time to travel out of reach along the end-
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less band, whizz, click! another flap of peritoneum had shot up from
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the depths, ready to be slipped into yet another bottle, the next of that
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slow interminable procession on the band.
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Mr. Foster smiled modestly. "With pleasure." They went.
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In the Bottling Room all was harmonious bustle and ordered activity.
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Flaps of fresh sow's peritoneum ready cut to the proper size came
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shooting up in little lifts from the Organ Store in the sub-basement.
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Whizz and then, click! the lift-hatches hew open; the bottle-liner had
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only to reach out a hand, take the flap, insert, smooth-down, and be-
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fore the lined bottle had had time to travel out of reach along the end-
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less band, whizz, click! another flap of peritoneum had shot up from
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the depths, ready to be slipped into yet another bottle, the next of that
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slow interminable procession on the band.
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Next to the Liners stood the Matriculators. The procession advanced;
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one by one the eggs were transferred from their test-tubes to the
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larger containers; deftly the peritoneal lining was slit, the morula
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dropped into place, the saline solution poured in ... and already the
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bottle had passed, and it was the turn of the labellers. Heredity, date
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of fertilization, membership of Bokanovsky Group-details were trans-
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ferred from test-tube to bottle. No longer anonymous, but named,
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identified, the procession marched slowly on; on through an opening in
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the wall, slowly on into the Social Predestination Room.
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"Eighty-eight cubic metres of card-index," said Mr. Foster with relish,
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Next to the Liners stood the Matriculators. The procession advanced;
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one by one the eggs were transferred from their test-tubes to the
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larger containers; deftly the peritoneal lining was slit, the morula
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dropped into place, the saline solution poured in ... and already the
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bottle had passed, and it was the turn of the labellers. Heredity, date
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of fertilization, membership of Bokanovsky Group-details were trans-
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ferred from test-tube to bottle. No longer anonymous, but named,
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identified, the procession marched slowly on; on through an opening in
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the wall, slowly on into the Social Predestination Room.
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"Eighty-eight cubic metres of card-index," said Mr. Foster with relish,
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as they entered."""
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