“ We men are beat. We don’t know enough. We’ve got to learn before we’ve got a chance. And we’ve got to live and keep independent while we learn. ”
H. G. Wells, The War of the Worlds (1898). copy citation
Author | H. G. Wells |
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Source | The War of the Worlds |
Topic | learning chance |
Date | 1898 |
Language | English |
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Weblink | http://www.gutenberg.org/files/36/36-h/36-h.htm |
Context
“And I don’t mean to be caught either, and tamed and fattened and bred like a thundering ox. Ugh! Fancy those brown creepers!”
“You don’t mean to say——”
“I do. I’m going on, under their feet. I’ve got it planned; I’ve thought it out. We men are beat. We don’t know enough. We’ve got to learn before we’ve got a chance. And we’ve got to live and keep independent while we learn. See! That’s what has to be done.”
I stared, astonished, and stirred profoundly by the man’s resolution.
“Great God!” cried I. “But you are a man indeed!” And suddenly I gripped his hand.
“Eh!””
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