The science hangs like a gathering fog in a valley, a fog which begins…

H. G. Wells
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The science hangs like a gathering fog in a valley, a fog which begins nowhere and goes nowhere, an incidental, unmeaning inconvenience to passers-by. ✨ H. G. Wells (2016). A Modern Utopia, p.66, H. G. Wells
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The science hangs like a gathering fog in a valley, a fog which begins nowhere and goes nowhere, an incidental, unmeaning inconvenience to passers-by. ✨ H. G. Wells (2016). A Modern Utopia, p.66, H. G. Wells

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