Nature never appeals to intelligence until habit and instinct are useless. There is no intelligence where there is no need of change.
H. G. WellsRead
I am an historian, I am not a believer, but I must confess as a historian that this penniless preacher from Nazareth is irrevocably the very center of history. Jesus Christ is easily the most dominant figure in all history.
Interpretation
The quote reflects on the significant impact Jesus Christ has had on history, regardless of personal belief.
H. G. Wells, a noted historian, expresses the profound influence that Jesus Christ has had throughout history, underscoring his role as a pivotal figure who stands at the center of historical narratives. Despite identifying as a non-believer, Wells acknowledges that the teachings and actions of Jesus have shaped countless lives and cultures, marking him as one of the most significant individuals in human history.
In practice
This quote can be used in a discussion about historical figures and their impact on modern society.
Nature never appeals to intelligence until habit and instinct are useless. There is no intelligence where there is no need of change.
He spares no resource in telling of his dead inventions... Bare verbs he rarely tolerates. He splits infinitives and fills them up with adverbial stuffing. He presses the passing colloquialism into his service. His vast paragraphis sweat and struggle; the
It [a new world order] needs only that the governments of Britain, the United States, France, Germany, and Russia should get together in order to set up an effective control of currency, credit, production, and distribution – that is to say, an effective ‘dictatorship of prosperity,’ for the whole world. The other sixty odd States would have to join in or accommodate themselves to the over-ruling decisions of these major Powers.
Things that would have made fame of a less clever man seemed tricks in his hands. It is a mistake to do things too easily.
But I was too restless to watch long; I'm too Occidental for a long vigil. I could work at a problem for years, but to wait inactive for twenty-four hours - that's another matter.
The greatest task of democracy, its ritual and feast - is choice.
Prayers for the condemned man will be offered on an adding machine. Numbers constitute the only universal language.
It is only in the microscope that our life looks so big.
Do not live in the future, only the present is real
There is nothing more agreeable in life than to make peace with the establishment and nothing more corrupting.
The legend of the best player of chess has been destroyed.
Scholastic learning and polemical divinity retarded the growth of all true knowledge.
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