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R. U. R.
Helena
No indeed. You're—it's awfully interesting.
Domin
So young Rossum said to himself: "A man is something that feels happy, plays the piano, likes going for a walk, and in fact, wants to do a whole lot of things that are really unnecessary."
Helena
Oh.
Domin
That are unnecessary when he wants, let us say, to weave or count. Do you play the piano?
Helena
Yes.
Domin
That's good. But a working machine must not play the piano, must not feel happy, must not do a whole lot of other things. A gasoline motor must not have tassels or ornaments, Miss Glory. And to manufacture artificial workers is the same thing as to manufacture gasoline motors. The process must be of the
