Both Uses of
beneficent
in
Brave New World
- Men who never had to shout at an Epsilon to get an order obeyed; men who took their position for granted; men who moved through the caste system as a fish through water—so utterly at home as to be unaware either of themselves or of the beneficent and comfortable element in which they had their being.†
p. 65.6 *
- As dangerous as it's been beneficent.†
p. 227.8
Definition:
doing or producing good -- especially generous in assistance to the poor