H.G. Wells

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At times I suffer from the strangest sense of detachment from myself and the world about me; I seem to watch it all from the outside, from somewhere inconceivably remote, out of time, out of space, out of the stress and tragedy of it all.

H.G. Wells

The War of the Worlds

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Topic

Alienation from oneself Alienation

Author

H.G. Wells

Source

The War of the Worlds

Medium

Novel

Language

English

Time

1897 1890s 19th century

Authentication Score 3

Original Citation

Wells, H. G. "The War of the Worlds." Pearson's Magazine/Cosmopolitan Magazine, 1897.

Current Citation

Wells, H. G. The War of the Worlds. Signet, 2007, ch. 7.

The whole human memory can be, and probably in a short time will be, made accessible to every individual.

H.G. Wells

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Topic

The internet Man and machine Technological progress

Author

H.G. Wells

Source

Harper's Magazine

Medium

Essay Magazine

Language

English

Time

1937 1930s 20th century

Authentication Score 3

Citation

Wells, H. G. "The Idea of a Permanent World Encyclopaedia." Harper's Magazine, Apr. 1937.

The Social Contract is nothing more or less than a vast conspiracy of human beings to lie to and humbug themselves and one another for the general Good. Lies are the mortar that bind the savage individual man into the social masonry.

H.G. Wells

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Topic

Social Contract Individual vs. the collective

Speaker

Mr. Chaffery

Author

H.G. Wells

Source

Love and Mr. Lewisham

Medium

Novel

Language

English

Time

1899 1890s 19th century

Authentication Score 3

Original Citation

Wells, H. G. Love and Mr. Lewisham. Harper & Brothers, 1900, ch. 23.

Current Citation

Wells, H. G. Love and Mr. Lewisham, edited by Simon James. Penguin Classics, 2005, ch. 23.

Human history becomes more and more a race between education and catastrophe.

H.G. Wells

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Topic

Education Human destructiveness

Author

H.G. Wells

Source

The Outline of History

Genre

Historical literature

Language

English

Time

1920 1920s 20th century

Authentication Score 2

Citation

Wells, H. G. The Outline of History. George Newnes, 1920.

He had read Shakespeare and found him weak in chemistry.

H.G. Wells

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Topic

Judging others

Author

H.G. Wells

Medium

Short story

Language

English

Time

1894 1890s 19th century

Authentication Score 3

Original Citation

Wells, H. G. "Lord of the Dynamos." Pall Mall Budget, 6 Sept. 1894.

Current Citation

Wells, H. G. "Lord of the Dynamos." Selected Stories of H. G. Wells, edited by Ursula K. Le Guin. Modern Library, 2004.