Tramp. Ah, you’ve warlike Ants.
2nd Engineer. He knows nothing.
Chief Engineer. Our Ants are the most peaceful Ants.
2nd Engineer. A nation of peace.
Chief Engineer. A labour State.
2nd Engineer. They only wish for world power—
Chief Engineer. Because they wish for world peace—
2nd Engineer. In the interest of their peaceable output—
Chief Engineer. And in the interests of progress.
2nd Engineer. In the interest of their interests, when we rule over the world.
Chief Engineer. We shall conquer time, we wish to reign over time.
Tramp. Over what?
Chief Engineer. Time. Time is greater than space.
2nd Engineer. Time has never been mastered.
Chief Engineer. The master of Time will be master of all!
Tramp. Slowly, for the love of Mike, slowly, let me think—
Chief Engineer. Speed is the master of Time.
2nd Engineer. The taming of time—
Chief Engineer. He who commands speed will rule over time.
2nd Engineer. Blank, two, three, four—blank, two, three, four—
Blind Ant. (More quickly) Blank, two, three, four—blank, two—
Chief Engineer. We must quicken the speed.
2nd Engineer. The speed of output.
Chief Engineer. The Peace of Life—
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