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Mr. H. G. Wells and Religion. To the Editor of The Guardian
- Johns Hopkins University Press
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Sir, – I do not know how to please Mr. H. G. Wells. I wrote a letter to defend him against Mr. Michael Roberts, and all he does is to growl at me for using the word “scientist” – a word which, it seems, must go into the waste-paper basket with “God.”
I did not intend to argue with Mr. Wells; I must pay him the compliment of saying that he is an interesting subject to talk about. He has a great deal to say to which it is worth our while to listen; but I think that we can profit better from what he says, if we recognize him, not as an “advanced thinker,” but as an honest and gallant defender of the ideas of fifty years ago. And I am by no means suggesting that the ideas of fifty years ago are all wrong.
