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R. U. R.
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Alquist
It was a crime to make Robots.
Domin
What?
Alquist
It was a crime to make Robots.
Domin
No, Alquist, I don't regret that even to-day.
Alquist
Not even to-day?
Domin
Not even to-day, the last day of civilization. It was a colossal achievement.
Busman
[Sotto voce]: Three hundred sixty million.
Domin
Alquist, this is our last hour. We are already speaking half in the other world. It was not an evil dream to shatter the servitude of labor—the dreadful and
