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The
482nd
was
one
of
the
many
Centuries
in
which
wealth
was
unevenly
distributed
.
The
Sociologists
had
an
equation
for
the
phenomenon
(
which
Harlan
had
seen
in
print
,
but
which
he
understood
only
vaguely
)
.
It
worked
itself
out
for
any
given
Century
to
three
relationships
,
and
for
the
482nd
those
relationships
stood
near
the
limits
of
what
could
be
permitted
.
Sociologists
shook
their
heads
over
it
and
Harlan
had
heard
one
say
at
one
time
that
any
further
deterioration
with
new
Reality
Changes
would
require
"
the
closest
Observation
.
"
Yet
there
was
this
to
be
said
for
unfavorable
relationships
in
the
wealth
-
distribution
equation
.
It
meant
the
existence
of
a
leisure
class
and
the
development
of
an
attractive
way
of
life
which
,
at
its
best
,
encouraged
culture
and
grace
.
As
long
as
the
other
end
of
the
scale
was
not
too
badly
off
,
as
long
as
the
leisure
classes
did
not
entirely
forget
their
responsibilities
while
enjoying
their
privileges
,
as
long
as
their
culture
took
no
obviously
unhealthy
turn
,
there
was
always
the
tendency
in
Eternity
to
forgive
the
departure
from
the
ideal
wealth
-
distribution
pattern
and
to
search
for
other
,
less
attractive
maladjustments
.
Against
his
will
Harlan
began
to
understand
this
.
Ordinarily
his
overnight
stays
in
Time
involved
hotels
in
the
poorer
sections
,
where
a
man
might
easily
stay
anonymous
,
where
strangers
were
ignored
,
where
one
presence
more
or
less
was
nothing
and
therefore
did
not
cause
the
fabric
of
Reality
to
do
more
than
tremble
.
When
even
that
was
unsafe
,
when
there
was
a
good
chance
that
the
trembling
might
pass
the
critical
point
and
bring
down
a
significant
part
of
the
card
house
of
Reality
,
it
was
not
unusual
to
have
to
sleep
under
a
particular
hedge
in
the
countryside
.
And
it
was
usual
to
survey
various
hedges
to
see
which
would
be
least
disturbed
by
farmers
,
tramps
,
even
stray
dogs
,
during
the
night
.
But
now
Harlan
,
at
the
other
end
of
the
scale
,
slept
in
a
bed
with
a
surface
of
field
-
permeated
matter
,
a
peculiar
welding
of
matter
and
energy
that
entered
only
the
highest
economic
levels
of
this
society
.
Throughout
Time
it
was
less
common
than
pure
matter
but
more
common
than
pure
energy
.
In
any
case
it
molded
itself
to
his
body
as
he
lay
down
,
firm
when
he
lay
still
,
yielding
when
he
moved
or
turned
.
Reluctantly
he
confessed
the
attraction
of
such
things
,
and
he
accepted
the
wisdom
which
caused
each
Section
of
Eternity
to
live
on
the
median
scale
of
its
Century
rather
than
at
its
most
comfortable
level
.
In
that
way
it
could
maintain
contact
with
the
problems
and
"
feel
"
of
the
Century
,
without
succumbing
to
too
close
an
identification
with
a
sociological
extreme
.
It
is
easy
,
thought
Harlan
,
that
first
evening
,
to
live
with
aristocrats
.
And
just
before
he
fell
asleep
,
he
thought
of
Noys
.
