Wells, H. G. (Herbert George), 1866-1946 / 2008-06-02 00:00:00

EBOOK ANTICIPATIONS ***


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ANTICIPATIONS
OF THE
REACTION OF MECHANICAL AND SCIENTIFIC
PROGRESS UPON HUMAN LIFE
AND THOUGHT

BY
H. G. WELLS
AUTHOR OF
"LOVE AND MR. LEWISHAM," "THE ISLAND OF DR. MOREAU,"
AND "TALES OF SPACE AND TIME."
_SECOND EDITION_
LONDON: CHAPMAN & HALL, LD.
1902


CONTENTS
I. LOCOMOTION IN THE TWENTIETH CENTURY 1
II. THE PROBABLE DIFFUSION OF GREAT CITIES 33
III. DEVELOPING SOCIAL ELEMENTS 66
IV. CERTAIN SOCIAL REACTIONS 103
V. THE LIFE-HISTORY OF DEMOCRACY 143
VI. WAR IN THE TWENTIETH CENTURY 176
VII. THE CONFLICT OF LANGUAGES 215
VIII. THE LARGER SYNTHESIS 245
IX. FAITH, MORALS, AND PUBLIC POLICY IN THE
TWENTIETH CENTURY 279


ANTICIPATIONS


I
LOCOMOTION IN THE TWENTIETH CENTURY

It is proposed in this book to present in as orderly an arrangement as
the necessarily diffused nature of the subject admits, certain
speculations about the trend of present forces, speculations which,
taken all together, will build up an imperfect and very hypothetical,
but sincerely intended forecast of the way things will probably go in
this new century.
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