The Moon Is a Harsh Mistress by Robert A. Heinlein & Robert A
Author:Robert A. Heinlein & Robert A. [Heinlein, Robert A. & A., Robert]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: Fiction, General, Science Fiction
ISBN: 9780575082410
Publisher: Gollancz
Published: 2008-12-27T09:46:17.065923+00:00
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Signing of Declaration of Independence went as Prof said it would. He sprang it on them at end of long day, announced a special session after dinner at which Adam Selene would speak. Adam read aloud, discussing each sentence, then read it without stopping, making music of sonorous phrases. People wept. Wyoh, seated by me, was one, and I felt like it even though had read it earlier.
Then Adam looked at them and said, âThe future is waiting. Mark well what you do,â and turned meeting over to Prof rather than usual chairman.
Was twenty-two hundred and fight began. Sure, they were in favor of it; news all day had been jammed with what bad boys we were, how we were to be punished, taught a lesson, so forth. Not necessary to spice it up; stuff up from Earthside was nastyâMike merely left out on-other-hand opinions. If ever was a day when Luna felt unified it was probably second of July 2076.
So they were going to pass it; Prof knew that before he offered it.
But not as writtenââHonorable Chairman, in second paragraph, that word âunalienable,â is no such word; should be âinalienableââand anyhow wouldnât it be more dignified to say âsacred rightsâ rather than âinalienable rightsâ? Iâd like to hear discussion on this.â
That choom was almost sensible, merely a literary critic, which is harmless, like dead yeast left in beer. Butâ Well, take that woman who hated everything. She was there with list; read it aloud and moved to have it incorporated into Declaration âso that the peoples of Terra will know that we are civilized and fit to take our places in the councils of mankind!â
Prof not only let her get away with it; he encouraged her, letting her talk when other people wanted toâthen blandly put her proposal to a vote when hadnât even been seconded. (Congress operated by rules they had wrangled over for days. Prof was familiar with rules but followed them only as suited him.) She was voted down in a shout, and left.
Then somebody stood up and said of course that long list didnât belong in Declarationâbut shouldnât we have general principles? Maybe a statement that Luna Free State guaranteed freedom, equality, and security to all? Nothing elaborate, just those fundamental principles that everybody knew was proper purpose of goiverament.
True enough and letâs pass itâbut must read âFreedom, equality, peace, and securityââright, Comrade? They wrangled over whether âfreedomâ included âfree air,â or was that part of âsecurityâ? Why not be on safe side and list âfree airâ by name? Move to amend to make it âfree air and waterââbecause you didnât have âfreedomâ or âsecurityâ unless you had both air and water.
Air, water, and food.
Air, water, food, and cubic.
Air, water, food, cubic, and heat.
No, make âheatâ read âpowerâ and you had it all covered. Everything.
Cobber, have you lost your mind? Thatâs far from everything and what youâve left out is an affront to all womankindâ Step outside and say that! Let me finish. Weâve got
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