so-soA selection of essays and speeches on H.G. Wells‘ concept of a grand encyclopedia. Repetitious at times and with some antiquated social ideas, but there is enough here that feels surprisingly contemporary.
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so-soA selection of essays and speeches on H.G. Wells‘ concept of a grand encyclopedia. Repetitious at times and with some antiquated social ideas, but there is enough here that feels surprisingly contemporary.
“Well, I have designedly put much controversial matter before you, and I have not hesitated to put it in a provocative manner. You will, I know, understand that every new thing is apt to seem crude at first. Forgive my crudities. But my time has been short for what I had to say, and I have said it in the way that seemed most challenging and most likely to produce further discussion.”
“It is an immense undertaking but not an impossible undertaking. I do not think there is any insurmountable obstacle in the way to the production of such a ruling World Brain. There are favorable conditions for it, encouraging precedents and a plainly evident need.”
