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4. At Maidenhead | H. G. [Herbert George] Wells | |
Section 7 |
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"Here I am with some clearness of vision--my only gift; not very clever, with a natural bad temper, and a strong sexual bias, doing what I can to get a broader handling of the fuel question--as a common interest for all mankind. And I find myself up against a lot of men, subtle men, sharp men, obstinate men, prejudiced men, able to get round me, able to get over me, able to blockade me. . . . Clever men--yes, and all of them ultimately damned--oh! utterly damned--fools. Coal owners who think only of themselves, solicitors who think backwards, politicians who think like a game of cat's-cradle, not a gleam of generosity not a gleam." "What particularly are you working for?" asked the doctor. "I want to get the whole business of the world's fuel discussed and reported upon as one affair so that some day it may be handled as one affair in the general interest." "The world, did you say? You meant the empire?" "No, the world. It is all one system now. You can't work it in bits. I want to call in foreign representatives from the beginning." "Advisory--consultative?" "No. With powers. These things interlock now internationally both through labour and finance. The sooner we scrap this nonsense about an autonomous British Empire complete in itself, contra mundum, the better for us. A world control is fifty years overdue. Hence these disorders. " "Still--it's rather a difficult proposition, as things are." |
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