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Part Two
ItisatransgressiontospeaktomenofotherTrades,saveingroupsattheSocialMeetings.Butonce,standingatthehedge,weraisedourhandtoourforeheadandthenmoveditslowly,palmdown,towardLiberty5-3000.Hadtheothersseenit,theycouldhaveguessednothing,foritlookedonlyasifwewereshadingoureyesfromthesun.ButLiberty5-3000sawitandunderstood.Theyraisedtheirhandtotheirforeheadandmoveditaswehad.Thus,eachday,wegreetLiberty5-3000,andtheyanswer,andnomencansuspect.
Wedonotwonderatthisnewsinofours.ItisoursecondTransgressionofPreference,forwedonotthinkofallourbrothers,aswemust,butonlyofone,andtheirnameisLiberty5-3000.Wedonotknowwhywethinkofthem.Wedonotknowwhy,whenwethinkofthem,wefeelallofasuddenthattheearthisgoodandthatitisnotaburdentolive.WedonotthinkofthemasLiberty5-3000anylonger.Wehavegiventhemanameinourthoughts.WecallthemtheGoldenOne.Butitisasintogivemennameswhichdistinguishthemfromothermen.YetwecallthemtheGoldenOne,fortheyarenotliketheothers.TheGoldenOnearenotliketheothers.
Andwetakenoheedofthelawwhichsaysthatmenmaynotthinkofwomen,saveattheTimeofMating.ThisisthetimeeachspringwhenallthemenolderthantwentyandallthewomenolderthaneighteenaresentforonenighttotheCityPalaceofMating.AndeachofthemenhaveoneofthewomenassignedtothembytheCouncilofEugenics.Childrenareborneachwinter,butwomenneverseetheirchildrenandchildrenneverknowtheirparents.
