Wells, H.G. -- A Modern Utopia, ch. 1, § 1 (1905)

Dave — Thu, 31 Jul 2025 17:52:55 +0000

The Utopia of a modern dreamer must needs differ in one fundamental aspect from the Nowheres and Utopias men planned before Darwin quickened the thought of the world. Those were all perfect and static States, a balance of happiness won for ever against the forces of unrest and disorder that inhere in things. […] But the Modern Utopia must be not static but kinetic, must shape not as a permanent state but as a hopeful stage, leading to a long ascent of stages. Nowadays we do not resist and overcome the great stream of things, but rather float upon it. We build now not citadels, but ships of state.

H. G. Wells (1866–1946) British writer [Herbert George Wells]
A Modern Utopia, ch. 1, § 1 (1905)
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Snyder, Timothy -- The Red Prince, “Orange: European Revolutions” (2008)

Dave — Wed, 15 Sep 2021 13:48:45 +0000

The nation faces forward. It is made and remade every day. If we believe that the nation resides in the orderly recitations of history given to us by our leaders, then our story is over.

Timothy Snyder (b. 1969) American historian, author
The Red Prince, “Orange: European Revolutions” (2008)
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Wells, H.G. -- A Modern Utopia, ch. 1, § 1 (1905)

Snyder, Timothy -- The Red Prince, “Orange: European Revolutions” (2008)