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But you'll have to admit, doc, that the vast majority of the Capellans were incompetents; the rest were exceptions." The doctor spoke after a brief pause. "And that's what is wrong, Van?" "Yes," grimly. "Billie can't help but rejoice that things turned out the way they did.
"They are constructing a fleet of huge space-boats, all heavily armed, intending to cross over to Hafen and Holl, and conquer the Capellans." Powart glanced keenly around the table. "This is all that has been received. Evidently our men were prevented from sending any more. I expect nothing further. It remains for us to decide, at once, what we should do."
"I dare say you feel a little sour about this; but later on you can have the satisfaction of having helped, even though against your will." "What are you going to do now?" Reblong wanted to know as the athlete released him from his chair. The other Capellans were content to stare and listen. The strange glint came back into Fort's eyes. "It's up to you, folks!"
"Apparently. There were a lot of things in his talk which I couldn't understand until now; but it's clear enough the doctor's right." "Then," pursed the girl deliberately, "the Capellans have divided the world between them, so that the working classes inhabit one-half, and the capitalists the other?" The doctor explained that the dividing was all done by the owners.
And while Mona's conscious mind was occupied with thoughts which Billie could not fathom, her subconscious mind was faithfully taking in all that her roving eyes beheld. The two Capellans were seated upon the terrace of a large, handsome house, whose architecture Billie tentatively classified as semi-Moorish.
By their own confession, the commission's chief function is to keep the majority in ignorance, which is said to be the same thing as bliss. This man Ernol and his pitiful rebellion only serve to prove the rule. "In a word, the Capellans have carried the principle of improvement, as opposed to reform, to its logical conclusion. They can go no further." "And why not?" challenged Van Emmon.
But you'll have to admit, doc, that the vast majority of the Capellans were incompetents; the rest were exceptions." The doctor spoke after a brief pause. "And that's what is wrong, Van?" "Yes," grimly. "Billie can't help but rejoice that things turned out the way they did.
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