And the other quote from HG Wells I was also looking for , quite dramatic in it's appraisal of modern
human condition :
But in these plethoric times when there is too much
course stuff for everybody
and the struggle for life
takes the form of competitive advertisment
and the effort to fill your neighbor's eye,
there is no urgent demand either for
personal courage, sound nerves, or stark beauty...
We find ourselves by accident.
Always before these times the bulk of people
did not over eat themselves, because they couldn't,
whether they wanted to or not, and all but a very few were kept fit by unavoidable exercise and personal danger.
Now , if he only pitch his standard low enough and keep free from pride, almost anyone can achieve a form of excess.
You can go thru contemporary life fudging and evading , indulging and slacking, never really hungry nor frightened nor passionately stirred....your highest moment a mere sentimental orgasm, and your first real contact with the primary and elemental necessities,
the sweat of your death-bed.
~H G Wells
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