The Time Machine
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The Time Machine Passivity Quotes Page 4
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| Quote #10 The Editor stood up with a sigh. "What a pity it is you're not a writer of stories!" he said. [...] "I'm hanged if it isn't a quarter to one," said the Journalist. "How shall we get home?" (12.16) |
After hearing the Time Traveller's story, the Editor and the Journalist are the first to reject it and the first to bring everyone's attention back to their day-to-day concerns. It's certainly easier to deal with the problem of getting home than the future of the human species. This is mental passivity – these two would rather take the easy way out and avoid any serious, difficult thinking.
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