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  1. H.G. Wells _ When the Sleeper Wakes

    And through it all, this destiny was before me," he said; "this vast inheritance of which I did not dream.
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  2. H.G. Wells _ When the Sleeper Wakes

    The day of democracy is past," he said. "Past for ever. That day began with the bowmen of Crecy, it ended when marching infantry, when common men in masses ceased to win the battles of the world, when costly cannon, great ironclads, and strategic railways became the means of power. To-day is the day of wealth. Wealth now is power as it never was power before-it commands earth and sea and sky. All power is for those who can handle wealth....
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  3. H.G. Wells _ When the Sleeper Wakes

    I wonder," said Graham.Ostrog stared.Must the world go this way?" said Graham, with his emotions at the speaking point. "Must it indeedgo in this way? Have all our hopes been vain?"What do you mean?" said Ostrog. "Hopes?"I came from a democratic age. And I find an aristocratic tyranny!"Well, - but you are the chief tyrant."Graham shook his head.
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  4. H.G. Wells _ When the Sleeper Wakes

    There is no liberty, save wisdom and self-control. Liberty is within--not without. It is each man's own affair."
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  5. H.G. Wells _ When the Sleeper Wakes

    You cannot imagine the craving for rest that I feel-a hunger and thirst. For six long days, since my work was done, my mind has been a whirlpool, swift, unprogressive and incessant, a torrent of thoughts leading nowhere, spinning round swift and steady
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