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Chapter 3 A.R.W. And H.G.
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WHICH shall it be? We may set about the answer in either of two reciprocal ways. Throughout this story from the very beginning the same choice of aspects has confronted us, We can ask, can the species as a whole achieve this tremendous feat1 of adaptation demanded of us? Or we can turn to the individual samples we have selected for examination and.ask whether, with such material, there is any hope of arresting the blazing catastrophe2 that now detonates about us? If there is hope, however faint it may be, in Edward Albert Tewler, then there is that much hope for the world. If world revolution is not latent and credible3 in his circle, in his offspring and outcome, in the reactions he evokes4 and the chain of consequence he transmits, then is it equally impossible and incredible of his species as a whole.
Our double answer must end in a note of interrogation.
Let us tell first of all, as simply and plainly as possible, the behaviour of our hero during the world conflagration5, and then swing our attention round to the battling ideas and interpretations6 in which that behaviour was framed and shaped. We have to deal faithfully with the traditions and wisdom of the human past, the divinities, the mighty7 reputations, the vast long-unquestioned assumptions by which the Tewler mind has been enslaved and stultified8. If the Tewlers are timid and disingenuous9 fools by education and enslavement rather than by birth, there may be hope for them. There may be salvation10 for them yet, without the
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cramping
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herald
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almighty
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providence
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prospect
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别墅,公馆( villa的名词复数 ); (城郊)住宅 | |
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outraged
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aloofness
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mutinous
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watchfulness
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警惕,留心; 警觉(性) | |
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acerbity
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copper
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celestial
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munitions
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inviting
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droop
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subscription
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invader
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sinister
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forefinger
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defective
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overhaul
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