In England we have come to rely upon a comfortable time lag of fifty years or a century intervening between the perception that something ought to be done and a serious attempt to do it.


The Work, Wealth and Happiness of Mankind, Ch. 11 (1931)

H. G. Wells Quotes

In England we have come to rely upon a comfortable time lag of fifty years or a century intervening between the perception that something ought to be ...

In England we have come to rely upon a comfortable time lag of fifty years or a century intervening between the perception that something ought to be ...

In England we have come to rely upon a comfortable time lag of fifty years or a century intervening between the perception that something ought to be ...

In England we have come to rely upon a comfortable time lag of fifty years or a century intervening between the perception that something ought to be ...