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Quotation from The War of the Worlds by H. G. Wells

“It’s just men and ants.”

H. G. Wells (spoken by The artilleryman)

The War of the Worlds, Book Two, Chapter VII (The Man on Putney Hill) (Project Gutenberg eBook #36)

Portrait of H. G. Wells

The artilleryman tells the narrator that what is happening is not a war at all, any more than men make war on ants.

Citation: "It’s just men and ants." — H. G. Wells, The War of the Worlds, Book Two, Chapter VII (The Man on Putney Hill) (Project Gutenberg eBook #36). (id the-war-of-the-worlds-q3)

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

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