...I suppose it is a lingering trace of Plutarch and my ineradicable boyish imagination that at bottom our State should be wise, sane, and dignified, that makes me think a country which leaves its medical and literary criticism, or indeed any such vitally important criticism, entirely to private enterprise and open to the advances of any purchaser much be in a frankly hopeless condition.

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H.G. Wells was a 19th-century English writer. Herbert George Wells was an English writer, prolific in many genres. He wrote more than forty novels and dozens of short stories. Read more on Wikipedia →

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  • Money — Thoughts on wealth, value, and material pursuits

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