I believe that the crazy combative patriotism that plainly … - H. G. Wells

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I believe that the crazy combative patriotism that plainly threatens to destroy civilisation to-day is very largely begotten by the schoolmaster and the schoolmistress in their history lessons. They take the growing mind at a naturally barbaric phase and they inflame and fix its barbarism.

H. G. Wells

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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.

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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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