They did not think politics was a great constructive process, they thought it was a kind of dog-fight. They wanted fun, they wanted spice, they wanted hits, they wanted also a chance to say "'Ear, 'ear!" in an intelligent and honourable manner and clap their hands and drum with their feet. The great constructive process in history gives so little scope for clapping and drumming and saying "'Ear, 'ear!" One might as well think of hounding on the solar system.
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About H.G. Wells
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 →
Themes
- Politics — Governance, civic duty, and the structures of power