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That's what the difference is.

That I picked it and I fixed it.

It has a taste,

and it has some color!

And it has a smell!

It calls back a time when there

were flowers all over the Earth!

And there were valleys!

And there were plains

of tall, green grass that

you could lie down in,

that you could

go to sleep in!

And there were blue skies,

and there was fresh air!

And there were things

growing all over the place,

not just in domed enclosures

blasted some millions

of miles out into space!

Look at that stuff.

How can you guys sit there

and really say anything

to me about this.

Look at this crap!

Look at that!

Dried, synthetic crap!

And you've become

so dependent on it that I bet

you can't live without it.

Why do we want to,

Lowell?

Don't you realize

how pitiful that is,

what you just asked me?

On Earth, everywhere you go,

the temperature is 75 degrees.

Everything is the same.

All the people

are exactly the same.

What kind of life is that?

If it's so rotten,

why do you want to go back?

Because it's not too late

to change it.

What do you want,

Lowell?

I mean, there's

hardly any more disease.

There's no more poverty.

Nobody's out of a job.

That's right. Every time

we have the argument,

you give me the same three

answers all the time.

The same thing.

"Well, everybody has a job."

That's always the last one.

But you know what else

there's no more of, my friend?

There is no more beauty,

and there's no more imagination.

And there are no frontiers

left to conquer.

And you know why?

Only one reason why!

One reason why!

The same attitude that

you three guys are giving me

right here in this room today,

and that is:
nobody cares.

Look on the wall behind you.

Look at that little girl's face.

I know you've seen it.

But do you know what she's

never gonna be able to see?

She's never gonna be able

to see the simple wonder

of a leaf in her hand...

because there's

not gonna be any trees.

Now you think about that.

If people were interested,

something would have been

done a long time ago.

You ready?

Yeah.

Yeah, I'm ready.

Hey, wait, wait.

Wait a minute.

Wait a minute.

I don't think you guys

understand what this means.

Please don't blow up

the domes.

Which one first?

High forest.

Let's do it first.

Let's hit Six.

But they're

not disposable.

Ain't got any choice, Lowell.

But they're not replaceable.

Where's that tube?

Ow!

My hand.

Hey, you all right?

Get Lowell to fix

that for you.

Damn!

Really.

Yeah.

Will you help me?

Oh, yeah.

What are you doing?

Nothing.

Get on in here now.

Come on.

Valley Forge, Valley Forge,

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