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Domin

Perhaps. But we cannot reckon with what is lost when we start out to transform the world. Man shall be free and supreme; he shall have no other aim, no other labor, no other care than to perfect himself. He shall serve neither matter nor man. He will not be a machine and a device for production. He will be Lord of creation.

Busman

Amen.

Fabry

So be it.

Helena

You have bewildered me—I should like—I should like to believe this.

Dr. Gall

You are younger than we are, Miss Glory. You will live to see it.

Hallemeier

True. Don't you think Miss Glory might lunch with us?

Dr. Gall

Of course. Domin, ask on behalf of us all