The Time Machine
H. G. WellsSözler ve Alıntılar
Budur!
... for the strength of a man and the softness of a woman, the institution of the family,
and the differentiation of occupations are mere militant necessities of an age of
physical force. Where population is balanced and abundant, much childbearing becomes an evil rather than a blessing to the State; where violence comes but rarely and offspring are secure, there is less necessity—indeed there is no necessity for an efficient family, and the specialization of the sexes with reference to their children’s needs disappears.
"Erkeğin gücü ve kadının yumuşaklığı, aile kurumu ve mesleklerin ayrımı, fiziksel gücün önemli olduğu bir dönemin sadece savaşa dayalı gereklilikleridir. Nüfus dengeli ve bol olduğunda, çok fazla çocuk sahibi olmak devlete bir nimet değil, bir zarar haline gelir; şiddet nadiren ortaya çıktığında ve soy güvende olduğunda, etkili bir aileye ve cinsiyetlerin çocuklarına yönelik uzmanlaşmasına gerek yoktur.
‘Looking round with a sudden thought, from a terrace on which I rested for a while, I realized that there were no small houses to be seen. Apparently the single house, and possibly even the household, had vanished. Here and
there among the greenery were palace-like buildings, but the house and the
cottage, which form such characteristic features of our own English landscape,
had disappeared.
“‘Communism,” said I to myself.
The whole world will be intelligent, educated, and co-operating things will move faster and faster towards the subjugation of Nature. In the end, wisely and carefully we shall readjust the balance of animal and vegetable life to suit our human needs.
The thing I feared may suprise you.
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As Iooked at the stars,I thoughtful of their movement out of unknown past into the unkunown future.After all these centruies ,the traditions,the nations.the languens,the discoveries, and even the memory of man had disappeared once and for all.Now there were weak creatures who had forgetten their ancestors and the wild creatures of the darkness whole only sensitivity was light.
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Herkesin bir zaman makinesi vardır. Bizi geçmişe götürenleri anılarımız, geleceğe götürenleri ise umutlarımızdır.
There were no hedges, no signs of proprietary rights, no evidences of agriculture; the whole earth had become a garden.