I think that it [the Church] stands for everything most hostile to the mental emancipation and stimulation of mankind. It is the completest, most hig… - H. G. Wells
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I think that it [the Church] stands for everything most hostile to the mental emancipation and stimulation of mankind. It is the completest, most highly organized system of prejudices and antagonisms in existence. Everywhere in the world there are ignorance and prejudice, but the greatest complex of these, with the most extensive prestige and the most intimate entanglement with traditional institutions, is the Roman Catholic Church. It presents many faces towards the world, but everywhere it is systematic in its fight against freedom.
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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Also Known As
Pen Names:
Reginald Bliss
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Septimus Browne
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Sosthenes Smith
Birth Name:
Herbert George Wells
Alternative Names:
Wells, Herbert George
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H.G. Wells
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Herbert Wells
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Herbert G. Wells
I must confess that I lost faith in the sanity of the world
We are but phantoms, and the phantoms of phantoms, desires like cloud-shadows and wills of straw that eddy in the wind; the days pass, use and wont carry us through as a train carries the shadow of its lights - so be it! But one thing is real and certain, one thing is no dream-stuff, but eternal and enduring. It is the centre of my life, and all other things about it are subordinate or altogether vain. I loved her, that woman of a dream. And she and I are dead together!
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