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Word: abortarium (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1960-1969
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...Splendid Future, the fishlike embryo would be turned to good account. Carefully extracted from the womb, they would be conditioned to a separate existence in pools set aside especially for them. There they would grow scales and fins under the supervision of the State. And next door to the abortarium there would be a canning factory producing tinned fish in vast quantities. Some embryos would be turned into sardines, others into sprats, all according to their national characteristics. And it would all be strictly in keeping with Marxism. Admittedly, it meant a return to cannibalism . . . but on a more refined...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Books: Socialist Surrealism | 10/3/1960 | See Source »

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