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History is a race between education and catastrophe
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"History is a race between education and catastrophe"

- H.G. Wells

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H. G. Wells' quote recommends that history is a competitors between the development of education and the destruction of catastrophe. He suggests that education is the essential to progress which catastrophe is the force that can lead to destruction. Education is the tool that can assist us to comprehend the past and to make better choices in today and future. Disaster, on the other hand, is the force that can cause destruction and chaos. Wells' quote suggests that if we are to make development in history, we must strive to educate ourselves and to be aware of the capacity for catastrophe. Education is the key to comprehending the past and to making much better choices in the present and future. Catastrophe, nevertheless, is the force that can result in destruction and chaos. Wells' quote is a suggestion that we must strive to inform ourselves and to be familiar with the capacity for disaster in order to make development in history.

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H.G. Wells This quote is written / told by H.G. Wells between September 21, 1866 and August 13, 1946. He was a famous Author from England. The author also have 40 other quotes.

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