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passionrulesme

HG Wells: Impatience and provisional thinking

Jun 24, 2007 21:40

Something I highlighted in a book of essays has spawned an icon... Just the right icon for my rambling/thought posts as it's a trait of Wells' I see so very much in myself... This is from H.G. Wells: The Critical Heritage: Essay by Edward Shanks on Wells' impatience (pgs. 255-257)

"An impatient man, a man always in a hurry, we are not surprised to ( Read more... )

quotes, hg_wells

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caffyolay June 25 2007, 10:36:20 UTC

It sounds to me like Wells was very open minded. Hungry for knowledge. I think you can add me to the list along with you... I'm actually quite concerned that I'm likely as not a lot more than halfway through my life and there isn't enough time to know all the things I want to know. And maybe I should stop bouncing from subject to subject and concentrate on learning all there is to learn on *one* subject. But that sounds so *boring*!

passionrulesme June 25 2007, 14:27:46 UTC

Part of the quote that really touches me is the, "to conduct his own education in public" part... I really didn't get much out of school but later, my appetite awoke - I've learned so much more on my own and frankly, I find learning kind of a turn-on. ;-) Things really changed for me when I moved to Madison and started the family tree and found myself in the lap of some of the best libraries in the country... Not to mention the introduction of the internet in my life ( ... )

passionrulesme June 25 2007, 14:47:29 UTC

PS - *Brilliant* icon. :)))

eldritchhobbit June 25 2007, 11:23:14 UTC

I love the link you've made between "provisional thinking" (great icon, BTW) and the blogosphere. I couldn't agree more that Wells would've been a fervent (and excellent) blogger. The same characteristic of evolving thought applies in some degree to Lovecraft. It would've been amazing to have heard/read the two talking to each other. For some reason, I suspect Wells would have suggested that Lovecraft needed to be shagged more often ( ... )

passionrulesme June 25 2007, 14:36:34 UTC

For some reason, I suspect Wells would have suggested that Lovecraft needed to be shagged more often. ;)

ROTFLMAO! I think you may be right. ;-)

Thanks for the grammar advice - It's one of those things I'm going to have to retrain myself on... I remember very little about grammar (not that I understood much to begin with) but one thing I seem to have stubbornly etched on my brain is that if it ends in "s", you end it without an extra "s"... But I couldn't tell you why I feel so certain about that. And I'm thoroughly confused by the examples out there... For example, the quote above used *both* versions - Wells' in the essay itself, Wells's in the essay title (written by the editors, no doubt.) Augh! And, of course, the internet is filled with both useages (but you can't really trust the internet, can you?)