Nature never appeals to intelligence until habit and instinct are useless. There is no intelligence where there is no need of change.
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I never yet heard of a useless thing that was not ground out of existence by evolution sooner or later. Did you? And pain gets needless.
Interpretation
What this quote means
Everything in nature has a purpose, and through evolution, the unnecessary ceases to exist.
H.G. Wells emphasizes the idea that through the process of evolution, all things that do not serve a purpose are eventually eliminated. This reflects a philosophical viewpoint on existence and the role of pain, suggesting that even suffering might have a purpose that can lead to growth and evolution over time.
Themes
EvolutionPurposeExistencePainGrowth
In practice
Example use cases
This quote can be used in a discussion about the nature of suffering in a motivational speech.
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