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Quotation from The Time Machine by H. G. Wells
“It is a law of nature we overlook, that intellectual versatility is the compensation for change, danger, and trouble. An animal perfectly in harmony with its environment is a perfect mechanism.”
The Time Machine, Chapter XIII, The Trap of the White Sphinx (Project Gutenberg #35)
The Traveller's final theory of the decline of both races.
Citation: "It is a law of nature we overlook, that intellectual versatility is the compensation for change, danger, and trouble. An animal perfectly in harmony with its environment is a perfect mechanism." — H. G. Wells, The Time Machine, Chapter XIII, The Trap of the White Sphinx (Project Gutenberg #35). (id the-time-machine-q5)
Portrait: H.G. Wells by Beresford, George Charles Beresford, Public domain.
