Every citizen knows his place. He is born to that place, and the elaborate discipline of training and education and surgery he undergoes fits him at … - H. G. Wells

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Every citizen knows his place. He is born to that place, and the elaborate discipline of training and education and surgery he undergoes fits him at last so completely to it that he has neither ideas nor organs for any purpose beyond it.

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About H. G. Wells

Herbert George Wells (September 21 1866 – August 13 1946) was a British writer most famous for his science fiction novels such as The War of the Worlds, The Invisible Man and The Time Machine; also for Kipps, The History of Mr. Polly and other social satires.

Biography information from Wikiquote · Portrait adapted from Wikimedia Commons, George Charles Beresford (Public domain / CC0)

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Pen Names: Reginald Bliss • Septimus Browne • Sosthenes Smith
Birth Name: Herbert George Wells
Alternative Names: Wells, Herbert George • H.G. Wells • Herbert Wells • Herbert G. Wells
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