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Originally Posted by RascalPuff  “Science is a match that man has just got alight. He thought he was in a room - in a moment of devotion, a temple - and that his light would be reflected from and display walls inscribed with wonderful secrets and pillars carved with philosophical systems wrought into harmony. It is a curious sensation, now that the preliminary sputter is over and the flame burns up clear, to see his hands lit and just a glimpse of himself and the patch he stands on visible, and around him, in place of all that human comfort and beauty he anticipated.... darkness still.” - H.G. Wells, 1891 |
Thanks RP,he is one of my favorite authors,I like the time machine the best,"the Morlocks"!
regards michael.