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The Egotist Becomes a Personage
GOINGFASTER
"Modernlife,"beganAmoryagain,"changesnolongercenturybycentury,butyearbyyear,tentimesfasterthaniteverhasbefore—populationsdoubling,civilizationsunifiedmorecloselywithothercivilizations,economicinterdependence,racialquestions,and—we’redawdlingalong.Myideaisthatwe’vegottogoverymuchfaster."Heslightlyemphasizedthelastwordsandthechauffeurunconsciouslyincreasedthespeedofthecar.Amoryandthebigmanlaughed;thelittlemanlaughed,too,afterapause.
"Everychild,"saidAmory,"shouldhaveanequalstart.Ifhisfathercanendowhimwithagoodphysiqueandhismotherwithsomecommonsenseinhisearlyeducation,thatshouldbehisheritage.Ifthefathercan’tgivehimagoodphysique,ifthemotherhasspentinchasingmentheyearsinwhichsheshouldhavebeenpreparingherselftoeducateherchildren,somuchtheworseforthechild.Heshouldn’tbeartificiallybolsteredupwithmoney,senttothesehorribletutoringschools,draggedthroughcollege...Everyboyoughttohaveanequalstart."
"Allright,"saidthebigman,hisgogglesindicatingneitherapprovalnorobjection.
"NextI’dhaveafairtrialofgovernmentownershipofallindustries."
"That’sbeenprovenafailure."
"No—itmerelyfailed.Ifwehadgovernmentownershipwe’dhavethebestanalyticalbusinessmindsinthegovernmentworkingforsomethingbesidesthemselves.
