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after a second century has passed, establish a world state with a common language and a common rule. All over the world its roads, its standards, its laws, and its apparatus of control will run. It will, I have said, make the multiplication of those who fall behind a certain standard of social efficiency unpleasant and difficult… The Jew will probably lose much of his particularism, intermarry with Gentiles, and cease to be a physically distinct element in human affairs in a century or so. But much of his moral tradition will, I hope, never die. … And for the rest, those swarms of black, and brown, and dirty-white, and yellow people, who do not come into the new needs of efficiency?
356:, despite his many criticisms of British policy, and opposed, in 1916, moves for an early peace. In an essay published that year he acknowledged that he could not understand those British pacifists who were reconciled to "handing over great blocks of the black and coloured races to the to exploit and experiment upon" and that the extent of his own pacifism depended in the first instance upon an armed peace, with "England keep to England and Germany to Germany". State boundaries would be established according to natural ethnic affinities, rather than by planners in distant imperial capitals, and overseen by his envisaged world alliance of states. 17: 39:, a socialist organization, but broke with them as his creative political imagination, matching the originality shown in his fiction, outran theirs. He later grew staunchly critical of them as having a poor understanding of economics and educational reform, but remained committed to socialist ideals. He ran as a 398:
magazine, "I have never met a man more fair, candid, and honest" and making it clear that he felt the "sinister" image of Stalin was unfair or false. Nevertheless he judged Stalin's rule to be far too rigid, restrictive of independent thought, and blinkered to lead toward the cosmopolis he hoped for.
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And how will the new republic treat the inferior races? How will it deal with the black? how will it deal with the yellow man? How will it tackle that alleged termite in the civilized woodwork, the Jew? Certainly not as races at all. It will aim to establish, and it will at last, though probably only
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Wells brought his interest in Art & Design and politics together when he and other notables signed a memorandum to the Permanent Secretaries of the Board of Trade, among others. The November 1914 memorandum expressed the signatories concerns about British industrial design in the face of foreign
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the gradual widening of the present (19th century) merely temporary and social difference between the Capitalist and the Labourer ... Even now, does not an East-end worker live in such artificial conditions as practically to be cut off from the natural surface of the earth? Again, the exclusive
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he League of Free Nations, if it is to be a reality ... must do no less than supersede Empire; it must end not only this new German imperialism, which is struggling so savagely and powerfully to possess the earth, but it must also wind up British imperialism and French imperialism, which do now so
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show any thing finer than the quality of the resolve, the steadfast effort hundreds of black and coloured men are making to-day to live blamelessly, honourably, and patiently, getting for themselves what scraps of refinement, learning, and beauty they may, keeping their hold on a civilization they
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Well, the world is a world, not a charitable institution, and I take it they will have to go. The whole tenor and meaning of the world, as I see it, is that they have to go. So far as they fail to develop sane, vigorous, and distinctive personalities for the great world of the future, it is their
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wrote of Wells's unflattering take on American democracy: "Wells was appalled by the decentralised nature of America's locally oriented party and country-courthouse politics. He was aghast at the flamboyantly corrupt political machines of the big cities, unchecked by a gentry that might uphold
141:. He stated in his autobiography that from 1900 onward he considered a World State inevitable. He envisioned the state to be a planned society that would advance science, end nationalism, and allow people to progress by merit rather than birth. Wells's 1928 book 379:, not only the imperialism of Germany, against which the war was being fought, but also the imperialism, which he considered more benign, of Britain and France. His values and political thinking came under increasing criticism from the 1920s and afterwards. 391:
led to a change in his view of the Soviet Union even though his initial impression of Stalin himself was mixed. He disliked what he saw as a narrow orthodoxy and intransigence in Stalin. He did give him some praise saying in an article in the left-leaning
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Once, life and property must have reached almost absolute safety. The rich had been assured of his wealth and comfort, the toiler assured of his life and work. No doubt in that perfect world there had been no unemployed problem, no social question left
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became a disappointment as the organization turned out to be a weak one unable to prevent the Second World War, which itself occurred towards the very end of his life and only increased the pessimistic side of his nature. In his last book
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Some of Wells's early science fiction works reflect his thoughts about the degeneration of humanity. Wells doubted whether human knowledge had advanced sufficiently for eugenics to be successful. In 1904, he discussed a survey paper by
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civilised standards. He thought American democracy went too far in providing leeway to the poltroons who ran the political machines and the 'fools' who supported them." Siegel goes on to note Wells's dislike of America's not allowing
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tendency of richer people ... is already leading to the closing, in their interest, of considerable portions of the surface of the land. About London, for instance, perhaps half the prettier country is shut in against intrusion.
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as an exclusive and separatist movement which challenged the collective solidarity he advocated in his vision of a world state. No supporter of Jewish identity in general, Wells had predicted the ultimate assimilation of the
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In his later political writing, Wells incorporated into his discussions of the World State a notion of universal human rights that would protect and guarantee the freedom of the individual. His 1940 publication
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The president ... is chosen by a special college elected by the people .... Is there any reason why we should not adopt this method in this sending representatives to the Council of the League of Nations?
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argued that groups of campaigners should begin advocating for a "world commonwealth", governed by a scientific elite, that would work to eliminate problems such as poverty and warfare. In 1932, he told
479:(1945) he considered the idea that humanity being replaced by another species might not be a bad idea. He also came to refer to the Second World War era as "The Age of Frustration". 1928: 1851: 254:, who provided him with much of his information for "The Tragedy of Colour". Wells praised the "heroic" resolve of African Americans, stating he doubted if the US could: 240:
The world has a greater purpose than happiness; our lives are to serve God's purpose, and that purpose aims not at man as an end, but works through him to greater issues.
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describes how Wells came to regret his attitudes to the Jews as he became more aware of the extent of the Nazi atrocities. This included a letter of apology written to
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as "perfect" and with no social problem unsolved. His Time Traveller thus highlights how strict class division leads to the eventual downfall of the human race:
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soldier, Lance Corporal Aaron Hlope. "What a Zulu thinks of the English" was a strong attack on anti-black discrimination in South Africa. Wells claimed he had
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of failure, and not in the selection of successes for breeding, that the possibility of an improvement of the human stock lies". In his 1940 book
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Wells has this very same Time Traveller, reflecting his own socialist leanings, refer in a tongue-in-cheek manner to an imagined world of stark
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In the end Wells's contemporary political impact was limited, excluding his fiction's positivist stance on the leaps that could be made by
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who would "compete in their enthusiasm and self-sacrifice" against the advocates of dictatorship. In 1940, Wells published a book called
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Cheyette, Bryan. Constructions of "the Jew" in English Literature and Society. Cambridge University Press, 1995, pp. 143–148
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album de luxe. The story of the great European war told by camera, pen and pencil. The Amalgamated Press, London 1915
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before the First World War, but later became a bitter opponent of the Zionist movement in general. He saw
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published in 1918 he suggested how each nation of the world would elect, "upon democratic lines" by
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in which the Time Traveller speaks of the future world, with its two races, as having evolved from
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H. G. Wells Under Revision: Proceedings of the International Hg Wells Symposium London July 1986
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Anticipations of the Reaction of Mechanical and Scientific Progress Upon Human Life and Thought
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Anticipations of the Reaction of Mechanical and Scientific Progress Upon Human Life and Thought
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in the manner of the United States of America, in turn to select its delegate to the proposed
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In 1931, Wells was one of several signatories to a letter in Britain (along with 33 British
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Siegel, Fred (2013). The Revolt Against the Masses. New York: Encounter Books, pp. 6–7.
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In the course of his visit to the Soviet Union in 1934, he debated the merits of
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a prohibition on mutilation, sterilization, torture, and any bodily punishment
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competition. The suggestions were accepted, leading to the foundation of the
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laid the groundwork for the 1948 Universal Declaration of Human Rights.
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that outlined his plan as to how a World Government would be set up. In
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From Scottsboro to Munich: race and political culture in 1930s Britain
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Imperial Requiem: Four Royal Women and the Fall of the Age of Empires
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Coupland, Philip (October 2000). "H. G. Wells's "Liberal Fascism"".
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Edwardian radicalism, 1900–1914: some aspects of British radicalism
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Rejuvenation : the work of Steinach, Voronoff, and others
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Wells was a republican and an advocate for the creation of
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Wells had given some moderate, unenthusiastic support for
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What is coming? : a forecast of things after the war
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Building Cosmopolis: The Political Thought of H. G. Wells
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Rejuvenation: the Work of Steinach, Voronoff, and others
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to be set up that would avoid conflict between nations.
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The Open Conspiracy: Blue Prints for a World Revolution
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Wells also denounced the South African government as a
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Travels of a Republican Radical in Search of Hot Water
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Future as Nightmare: H. G. Wells and the Anti-Utopians
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Booker T. Washington and the Adult Education Movement
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Retrieved on 9 August 2013. 1982:The Country of the Blind and Other Stories 1295: 1281: 1273: 1950:The Work, Wealth and Happiness of Mankind 602:Dark Continent:Europe's Twentieth Century 571: 569: 288:In 1943, Wells wrote an article for the 2175:The Queer Story of Brownlow's Newspaper 2003:The Stolen Bacillus and Other Incidents 822: 820: 488: 1203:Design & Industries Assn. Jun 1985 1066:largely and inaggressively possess it. 1059:"The Necessary Powers of the League". 700:Human Rights:A Very Short Introduction 866: 864: 850:. Associated University Press, 1990. 838: 836: 760:. University Press of Florida, 1993. 563:. London, Ernest Benn, 1928, (p. 49). 35:Wells was for a time a member of the 7: 604:. New York : A.A. Knopf, 1998. 501:"H. G. Wells and the Fabian Society" 344:for earlier statements he had made. 67:Social class was a theme in Wells's 1239:"Norman Haire and the Study of Sex" 1021:"The League must be representative" 440:and others. He was a patient of Dr 1996:Select Conversations with an Uncle 1624:Mr. Blettsworthy on Rampole Island 806:Princeton University Press, 2009. 660:. Ashgate Publishing, Ltd., 2003. 237:portion to die out and disappear. 14: 1915:The Story of a Great Schoolmaster 780:, London, Cassell, 1916 (p. 256). 434:Design and Industries Association 1775:An Englishman Looks at the World 990:. London: Cassell. p. 240. 917:Vol. XXXIII Jan–Jun 1906, p. 378 828:42 to '44: A Contemporary Memoir 2264:The Man Who Could Work Miracles 2147:The Man Who Could Work Miracles 934:. London: Secker. p. 521. 624:Journal of Contemporary History 1576:The Secret Places of the Heart 872:Critical essays on H. G. Wells 511:. London: Routledge. pp.  55:after the death of his friend 1: 1989:The Plattner Story and Others 1845:Mind at the End of Its Tether 1608:The World of William Clissold 1027:. 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Index

A portrait of H.G. Wells from around 1890
H. G. Wells
Fabian Society
Labour Party
London University
1922
1923 general elections
W. H. R. Rivers
The Time Machine
class division
The Way the World is Going
Bolshevik
socialism
Fred Siegel
Manhattan Institute
African Americans
world state
The Open Conspiracy
Young Liberals
University of Oxford
progressive
liberal
fascists
Nazis
The New World Order
Francis Galton
eugenics
sterilisation
human rights
Anticipations of the Reaction of Mechanical and Scientific Progress Upon Human Life and Thought

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