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        ‘Civilization’s going to pieces,’ broke out Tom violently.
        
        16 The Great Gatsby
        
        ‘I’ve gotten to be a terrible pessimist about things. Have you
        
        read ‘The Rise of the Coloured Empires’ by this man God-
        
        dard?’
        
        ‘Why, no,’ I answered, rather surprised by his tone.
        
        ‘Well, it’s a fine book, and everybody ought to read it. The
        
        idea is if we don’t look out the white race will be—will be ut-
        
        terly submerged. It’s all scientific stuff; it’s been proved.’
        
        ‘Tom’s getting very profound,’ said Daisy with an expres-
        
        sion of unthoughtful sadness. ‘He reads deep books with
        
        long words in them. What was that word we——‘
        
        ‘Well, these books are all scientific,’ insisted Tom, glanc-
        
        ing at her impatiently. ‘This fellow has worked out the whole
        
        thing. It’s up to us who are the dominant race to watch out
        
        or these other races will have control of things.’
        
        ‘We’ve got to beat them down,’ whispered Daisy, wink-
        
        ing ferociously toward the fervent sun.
        
        ‘You ought to live in California—’ began Miss Baker but
        
        Tom interrupted her by shifting heavily in his chair.
        
        ‘This idea is that we’re Nordics. I am, and you are and
        
        you are and——’ After an infinitesimal hesitation he in-
        
        cluded Daisy with a slight nod and she winked at me again.
        
        ‘—and we’ve produced all the things that go to make civili-
        
        zation—oh, science and art and all that. Do you see?’