The establishment of the world community will surely exact a price โ and who can tell what that price may be? โ in toil, suffering and blood.
H. G. WellsWhat, unless biological science is a mass of errors, is the cause of human intelligence and vigour? Hardship and freedom: conditions under which the active, strong, and subtle survive and the weaker go to the wall; conditions that put a premium upon the loyal alliance of capable men, upon self-restraint, patience, and decision. And the institution of the family, and the emotions that arise therein, the fierce jealousy, the tenderness for offspring, parental self-devotion, all found their justification and support in the imminent dangers of the young.
H. G. WellsArson, after all, is an artificial crime...A large number of houses deserve to be burnt.
H. G. Wells