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R. U. R.
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Radius
Take whom you will, dissect!
Alquist
I do not know how. I am not a man of science. This book contains knowledge of the body that I cannot even understand.
Radius
I tell you to take live bodies! Find out how we are made.
Alquist
Am I to commit murder? See how my fingers shake! I cannot even hold the scalpel. No, no, I will not
Fourth Robot
The life will perish from the earth.
Radius
Take live bodies, live bodies! It is our only chance!
Alquist
Have mercy, Robots. Surely you see that I would not know what I was doing.
