I want to go ahead of Father Time with a scythe of my own. ✨ H. G. Wel…

H. G. Wells
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I want to go ahead of Father Time with a scythe of my own. ✨ H. G. Wells (2015). The Rights of Man, p.15, Penguin UK
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