“ I must confess that I lost faith in the sanity of the world when I saw it suffering the painful disorder of this island. ”
H. G. Wells, The Island of Doctor Moreau (1896). copy citation
| Author | H. G. Wells |
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| Source | The Island of Doctor Moreau |
| Topic | faith sanity disorder |
| Date | 1896 |
| Language | English |
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| Weblink | http://www.gutenberg.org/files/159/159-h/159-h.htm |
Context
“In those days my fear of the Beast People went the way of my personal fear for Moreau. I fell indeed into a morbid state, deep and enduring, and alien to fear, which has left permanent scars upon my mind. I must confess that I lost faith in the sanity of the world when I saw it suffering the painful disorder of this island. A blind Fate, a vast pitiless mechanism, seemed to cut and shape the fabric of existence and I, Moreau (by his passion for research), Montgomery (by his passion for drink), the Beast People with their instincts and mental restrictions, were torn and crushed, ruthlessly, inevitably, amid the infinite complexity of its incessant wheels.”
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