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thanks Cletus. invest in hamsters on a treadmill to power the windmill or go back to the Dept. of Candles.

“Should it be what they claim of it,” said Harmony 9-2642, “then it would bring ruin to the Department of Candles. The Candle is a great boon to mankind, as approved by all men. Therefore it cannot be destroyed by the whim of one.”
Anthem.7.42

[74] “This would wreck the Plans of the World Council,” said Unanimity 2-9913, “and without the Plans of the World Council the sun cannot rise. It took ﬁfty years to secure the approval of all the Councils for the Candle, and to decide upon the number needed, and to re-ﬁt the Plans so as to make candles instead of torches. This touched upon thousands and thousands of men working in scores of States. We cannot alter the Plans again so soon.”
Anthem.7.43

“And if this should lighten the toil of men,” said Similarity 5-0306, “then it is a great evil, for men have no cause to exist save in toiling for other men.”