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wells, lowell, napoleon and armstrong
as it regards martin's previous posting...
interesting stuff. but it's absurdly reductionist to suggest that i
implied that Wells was inspired by the suez canal.
i merely wished to point out the strength of the Lowell connection: Wells
expressed that Lowell's work was an inspiration for "War of the Worlds,"
and as far as i am aware, he did not express that his inspiration was
Charles Darwin.
As it regards Martin's time-line, in much the same way that the events of
july, 1969, are still very much part of our collective consciousness, i
would submit that the completion of the suez was still a vivid part of
Lowell's and his contemporaries.
finally, i do not subscribe to the notion that napoleon's conception of a
suez canal detracted from the realization and memorability of the event.
(did Wells' story of a manned mission to the moon detract from the glory of
Apollo XI? I don't think so.)
anyway, i'm outta here. again, good weekend to all.
-d
At 09:45 AM 5/21/98 -0600, Martin Horejsi wrote:
>Hello Steve, Darryl and List,
>
>At the risk of deviating too far from the meteorite nature of this List, I
>want to offer the following regarding our discussion on H. G. Wells:
>
>Darryl points out the Suez Canal was "THE event of that era." I will not
>dispute this issue, however the concept for the Suez Canal was discussed by
>Napoleon in 1800, and the project began in 1859. The Canal was completed in
>1869 when Wells was a mere 3 years old, and "War" was not published until
>almost 3 additional decades had passed.
>
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