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Yeah , futurism.
A miracle .
Wh erever did you find it, Basil Modestovi ch:>
An ad in the paper. I got it by mail order, actually.
PAR.TISAN REVIEW
But where is the guarantee, Mr. President, that th e thing will suit us:>
Oh, but I selected "Small Countries," Gustav. I didn't get "Great Powers," you
sec. They've got th at there as well. And "Third World ," too. Even "Primitive
Society." All sorts of Pygmies and Papuans. "Nomads" is also offered. Whereas I
picked "Small Countries."
That is:>
That is' That is' That is, with approximately our size of population, with approx–
imately our geographic position: I specified no mountains, or, worse than that,
desert. Geography, you know, Gustav, it determines everything. For thcrc is no
nation without geography.
Though the other way around is possible.
Yeah , a desert, for example . Or Kunlun. Or the Atlanti c.
A desert can be vertical as well as hori zo ntal.
Wcll , we'd have none or that.
On the other hand , wc've got history.
Yeah, there is no population without hi story.
And no history without it, either.
Oh, come off it. What about Roman :>
And Greek:> And the Middle Ages:>
Not to mention the
I~enaissance.
Not to mention the Enlightenment.
But nobody's got history like ours'
Even though it's ovcr.
Especially so.
Yeah, nobody's got history like ours, nobody.
But then, the record docsn't start in thc ninetecnth ce ntury cithcr. Nor in 1917.
Nor in 1945. Otherwise the nation would bc dan cing Charleston and Boogie–
Woogie.
And foxtrot and tango and matchish and ca kcwalk and twist-and-shake and.
That would be anachronism, Cecilia. Even if it were lambada.
