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We had broken so many laws, and today we have broken one more. Today, we spoke to the Golden One. WE HAD BROKEN SO MANY LAWS AND TO DAY WE HAVE BROKEN ONE MORE TO DAY WE SPOKE TO THE GOLDEN ONE
o not know why, when we think of them, we feel all of a sudden that the earth is good and that it is not a burden to live. We do not think of them as Liberty 5-3000 any longer. We have given them a name in our thoughts. We call them the Golden One. But it is a sin to give men names which distinguish them from other men. Yet we call them the Golden One, for they are not like the others. The Golden One are not like the others. And we take no heed of the law which says that men may not think of women, save at the Time of Mating. This is the time each spring when all the men older than twenty and all the women older than eighteen are sent for one night to the City Palace of Mating. And each of the men have one of the women assigned to them by the Council of Eugenics. Children are born each winter, but women never see their children and children never know their parents. Twice have we been sent to the Palace of Mating, but it is an ugly and shameful matter, of which we do not like to think. EM WE DO NOT KNOW WHY WHEN WE THINK OF THEM WE FEEL OF A SUDDEN THAT THE EARTH IS GOOD AND THAT IT IS NOT A BURDEN TO LIVE WE DO NOT THINK OF THEM AS LIBERTY FIVE THREE THOUSAND ANY LONGER WE HAVE GIVEN THEM A NAME IN OUR THOUGHTS WE CALL THEM THE GOLDEN ONE BUT IT IS A SIN TO GIVE MEN OTHER NAMES WHICH DISTINGUISH THEM FROM OTHER MEN YET WE CALL THEM THE GOLDEN ONE FOR THEY ARE NOT LIKE THE OTHERS THE GOLDEN ONE ARE NOT LIKE THE OTHERS AND WE TAKE NO HEED OF THE LAW WHICH SAYS THAT MEN MAY NOT THINK OF WOMEN SAVE THE TIME OF MATING THIS IS THE TIME EACH SPRING WHEN ALL THE MEN OLDER THAN TWENTY AND ALL THE WOMEN OLDER THAN EIGHTEEN ARE SENT FOR ONE NIGHT TO THE CITY PALACE OF MATING AND EACH OF THE MEN HAVE ONE OF THE WOMEN ASSIGNED TO THEM BY THE COUNCIL OF EUGENICS CHILDREN ARE BORN EACH WINTER BUT WOMEN NEVER SEE THEIR CHILDREN AND CHILDREN NEVER KNOW THEIR PARENTS TWICE HAVE WE BEEN SENT TO THE PALACE OF MATING BUT IT IS AN UGLY AND SHAMEFUL MATTER OF WHICH WE DO NOT LIKE TO THINK
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