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Quotation from The Time Machine by H. G. Wells

“Strength is the outcome of need; security sets a premium on feebleness.”

H. G. Wells (spoken by The Time Traveller)

The Time Machine, Chapter VI, The Sunset of Mankind (Project Gutenberg #35)

Portrait of H. G. Wells

Watching the sunset over the Thames valley, the Traveller forms his first theory of why the Eloi are so weak.

Citation: "Strength is the outcome of need; security sets a premium on feebleness." — H. G. Wells, The Time Machine, Chapter VI, The Sunset of Mankind (Project Gutenberg #35). (id the-time-machine-q1)

Portrait: H.G. Wells by Beresford, George Charles Beresford, Public domain.

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