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Meaning
The quote suggests that what has happened so far is only the start of something much larger. It presents the present and the past as early stages before greater developments to come.
When It Was Said
1901
Who It Was Said To
Not documented yet.
Historical Context
Not documented yet.
Source
The Discovery of the Future (1901)
Original Language & Translation
Originally said in English.
Did They Really Say It?
Listed with a cited source on Wikiquote.
Did You Know?
Cited with a source on Wikiquote: The Discovery of the Future (1901).
About H.G. Wells
English writer
Herbert George Wells was an English writer. He worked across many genres and became best known for his science fiction novels. He wrote more than forty novels and many short stories, along with non-fiction on social commentary, politics, history, popular science, satire, biography, and autobiography. His work is still remembered above all for its influential science fiction, and he has sometimes been called the father of science fiction, though that title has also been applied to Jules Verne and Hugo Gernsback.
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