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English Author, Writer September 21, 1866 – August 13, 1946

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That is the germ of my great discovery. But you are wrong to say that we cannot move about in Time. For instance, if I am recalling an incident very vividly I go back to the instant of its occurrence: I become absent-minded, as you say. I jump back for a moment. Of course we have no means of staying back for any length of Time, any more than a savage or an animal has of staying six feet above the ground. But a civilized man is better off than the savage in this respect. He can go up against... H. G. Wells
The day of democracy is past," he said. "Past for ever. That day began with the bowmen of Crecy, it ended when marching infantry, when common men in masses ceased to win the battles of the world, when costly cannon, great ironclads, and strategic railways became the means of power. To-day is the day of wealth. Wealth now is power as it never was power before—it commands earth and sea and sky. All power is for those who can handle wealth.... H. G. Wells
In a moment I was clutched by several hands, and there was no mistaking that they were trying to haul me back. I struck another light, and waved it in their dazzled faces. You can scarce imagine how nauseatingly inhuman they looked—those pale, chinless faces and great, lidless, pinkish-grey eyes!—as they stared in their blindness and bewilderment. H. G. Wells
H. G. Wells quote: "After people have repeated a phrase a great number of times,..."
After people have repeated a phrase a great number of times, they begin to realize it has meaning and may even be true. H. G. Wells
H. G. Wells quote: "The Anglo-Saxon genius for parliamentary government asserted..."
The Anglo-Saxon genius for parliamentary government asserted itself; there was a great deal of talk and no decisive action. H. G. Wells

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