Although he strives toward perfectionism – as do all scientists, here we find the time traveller struggling to accept the fact that he may have miscalculated on one of his hypotheses in the future. Throughout ‘ The Time Machine,’ there is a replete of quotes where we find the time traveller second-guessing and questioning his scientific competencies, and this is one of them. Very simple was my explanation, and plausible enough – as most wrong theories are! Time Traveller He realizes that, as a matter of fact, his fears and emotions towards science are part of what drives an adequate supply of passion which leads him to start with time as a fourth dimension.Īs I stood there in the gathering dark I thought that in this simple explanation I had mastered the problem of the world – mastered the whole secret of these delicious people. Per this generally held belief, the time traveller begs to differ by the reality of his discovery that he couldn’t quite separate his feelings from his work.

We see here how the time traveller comes up to challenge the popular assumption that science or any scientific inquiry must completely be devoid of a person’s subjective feelings and emotions and instead be based upon facts, evidence, and raw, tangible data. Time TravellerĬoming right off the gate of chapter three, this quote is one that is very hard to ignore. So with a kind of madness growing upon me, I flung myself into futurity. They merged at last into a kind of hysterical exhilaration.

The unpleasant sensations of the start were less poignant now. From thematic ideas built around science to technology to society and social class among other things, the reader is served a rich vein of well-amplified quotes herein within the book.

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