We have learned now that we cannot regard this planet as being fenced in and a secure abiding place for Man; we can never anticipate the unseen good or evil that may come upon us suddenly out of space.
(The War of the Worlds, 1898)

H. G. Wells

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If we don't end war, war will end us.

H. G. Wells (Things to Come, 1936)

If you fell down yesterday, stand up today.

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Great and little cannot understand one another... But in every child born of man, lurks some seed of greatness.

H. G. Wells (The Food of the Gods and How It Came to Earth, 1904)

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