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

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Writer

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United Kingdom Europe

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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.

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Kate Chopin

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Kate Chopin
Source
The Awakening
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Language
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Time
1899 1890s 19th century
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Original Citation

Chopin, Kate. The Awakening. Chicago and New York: Herbert S. Stone & Co., 1899, ch. 6.

Current Citation

Chopin, Kate. "The Awakening." The Awakening and Selected Stories. Penguin Classics, 2003, ch. 6.