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Quotation from The Time Machine by H. G. Wells

“I grieved to think how brief the dream of the human intellect had been. It had committed suicide.”

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

The Time Machine, Chapter XIII, The Trap of the White Sphinx (Project Gutenberg #35)

Portrait of H. G. Wells

After losing Weena, the Traveller reflects that humanity's pursuit of comfort and security destroyed its own intelligence.

Citation: "I grieved to think how brief the dream of the human intellect had been. It had committed suicide." — H. G. Wells, The Time Machine, Chapter XIII, The Trap of the White Sphinx (Project Gutenberg #35). (id the-time-machine-q4)

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

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