A year of prophesying

Name: A year of prophesying
Author: Wells, H. G. (Herbert George)

Wells, H. G. (Herbert George)

Civilization, Modern -- 20th century; Europe -- History -- 20th century; Great Britain -- History -- 20th century

XLII. THE LAWLESSNESS OF AMERICA AND THE WAY TO ORDER              268

  XLIII. THE SHABBY SCHOOLS OF THE PIOUS: DRAINS AND THE ODOUR OF
  SANCTITY                                                           273

  XLIV. THE INCOMPATIBILITY IN INDIA: DIVORCE OR LEGAL SEPARATION    278

  XLV. THE SPIRIT OF FASCISM: IS THERE ANY GOOD IN IT AT ALL?        285

  XLVI. THE RACE CONFLICT: IS IT UNAVOIDABLE?                        291

  XLVII. THE SCHOOLS OF A NEW AGE: A FORECAST                        298

  XLVIII. THE IMPUDENCE OF FLAGS: OUR POWER RESOURCES AND MY ELEPHANTS,
  WHALES, AND GORILLAS                                               303

  XLIX. HAS COMMUNISM A FUTURE? THE POSSIBILITY OF A SOCIALIST
  RENASCENCE                                                         310

  L. THE LITTLE HOUSE: AS IT WAS, IS NOW, AND APPARENTLY EVER WILL
  BE                                                                 317

  LI. THE TRIVIALITY OF DEMOCRACY AND THE FEMININE INFLUENCE IN
  POLITICS                                                           323

  LII. SEX ANTAGONISM: AN UNAVOIDABLE AND INCREASING FACTOR IN MODERN
  LIFE                                                               329

  LIII. LIVING THROUGH: THE TRUTH ABOUT AN INTERVIEW                 334

  LIV. THE CREATIVE PASSION                                          341

  LV. AFTER A YEAR OF JOURNALISM: AN OUTBREAK OF AUTO-OBITUARY       347




                         A YEAR OF PROPHESYING




                                   I

          THE LEAGUE OF NATIONS AND THE FEDERATION OF MANKIND


                                22.9.23

I am one of those people who believe that if human affairs are to go on
without decay and catastrophe, there must be an end to the organisation
of war. I believe that the power to prepare for war and make war must
be withdrawn from separate States, as already it has been withdrawn
from separate cities and from districts and from private individuals,
and that ultimately there must be a Confederation of all mankind to
keep one peace throughout the world.

The United States of America is but the first instance of a federating
process which will, I believe, extend at last to the whole world.
Since 1917 I have given much more of my waking life to that vision of
a confederated mankind than I have given to any other single interest
or subject. And yet I am not a supporter of the League of Nations in
its present form, and I do not think that the League of Nations at
Geneva is ever likely to develop into an effective World Confederation.
It is much more likely to develop into a serious obstacle to such a
Confederation. The sooner now that it is scrapped and broken up the
better, I think, for mankind. I am hostile to the present League of
Nations _because_ I desire the Confederation of Mankind.

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A year of prophesying

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