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We believe we have a sacred obligation to say no when the pursuit of a 
specific technological path threatens the very existence of life itself. 
It is with this thought in mind that we now turn to you for support of this 
resolution. 
In deciding whether to go ahead or not with human genetic engineering we 
must all ask ourselves the following question. Who should we entrust with 
the authority to design the blueprints for the future of the human species? 
In the words of the Nobel laureate biologist George Wald, "Who is going to 
set those specifications?" 
Human genetic engineering presents the human race with the most 
important political question it has ever had to contend with. Who do we 
entrust with the ultimate authority to decide which are the good genes that 
should be engineered into the human gene pool and which are the bad genes 
that should be eliminated? 
Today the ultimate exercise of political power is within our grasp; the 
ability to control the future lives of human beings by engineering their 
characteristics in advance; making them a hostage of their own architectur- 
ally designed blueprints. Genetic engineering represents the power of 
authorship. Never before in history has such complete power over life been 
a possibility. The idea of imprisoning the life span of a human being by 
simply engineering its genetic blueprint at conception is truly awesome. 
Aldous Huxley's spectre of a biologically designed caste system with its 
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