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Chapter twelve is a simple chapter. It's short and it gives a great deal of tell but not show, regarding the story Bernard, John, and Helmholtz. But, for all of that, it's also showing us a great deal about the society that Huxley wrote about.
And, here I think that Huxley's aware of how much the chilling society he wrote about mirrors his own comfortable society, which he fears falling to the, as Bernard says, inexpensive life.
I have my disagreements with Huxley. That's unlikely to end any time soon. There are two important consolations for Huxley on that regard. The first and most obvious is that Huxley, even assuming that he continues to exist, probably doesn't care, in the slightest, what I think of his book.
The other is that this chapter is the clearest example of this book's continuing value.
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And, here I think that Huxley's aware of how much the chilling society he wrote about mirrors his own comfortable society, which he fears falling to the, as Bernard says, inexpensive life.
I have my disagreements with Huxley. That's unlikely to end any time soon. There are two important consolations for Huxley on that regard. The first and most obvious is that Huxley, even assuming that he continues to exist, probably doesn't care, in the slightest, what I think of his book.
The other is that this chapter is the clearest example of this book's continuing value.
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