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Chapter 7

           Ifeltassurednowofwhatitwas,andfromthebottomofmyheartIpitiedthislastfeeblerillfromthegreatfloodofhumanity. Clearly,atsometimeintheLong-AgoofhumandecaytheMorlocks’foodhadrunshort. Possiblytheyhadlivedonratsandsuch-likevermin. Evennowmanisfarlessdiscriminatingandexclusiveinhisfoodthanhewasfarlessthananymonkey. Hisprejudiceagainsthumanfleshisnodeep-seatedinstinct. Andsotheseinhumansonsofmen Itriedtolookatthethinginascientificspirit. Afterall,theywerelesshumanandmoreremotethanourcannibalancestorsofthreeorfourthousandyearsago. Andtheintelligencethatwouldhavemadethisstateofthingsatormenthadgone. WhyshouldItroublemyself? TheseEloiweremerefattedcattle,whichtheant-likeMorlockspreservedandpreyeduponprobablysawtothebreedingof. AndtherewasWeenadancingatmyside! 

           ‘ThenItriedtopreservemyselffromthehorrorthatwascominguponme,byregardingitasarigorouspunishmentofhumanselfishness. Manhadbeencontenttoliveineaseanddelightuponthelaboursofhisfellow-man,hadtakenNecessityashiswatchwordandexcuse,andinthefullnessoftimeNecessityhadcomehometohim. IeventriedaCarlyle-likescornofthiswretchedaristocracyindecay. Butthisattitudeofmindwasimpossible. Howevergreattheirintellectualdegradation,theEloihadkepttoomuchofthehumanformnottoclaimmysympathy,andtomakemeperforceasharerintheirdegradationandtheirFear. 

           ‘IhadatthattimeveryvagueideasastothecourseIshouldpursue. Myfirstwastosecuresomesafeplaceofrefuge,andtomakemyselfsucharmsofmetalorstoneasIcouldcontrive. Thatnecessitywasimmediate. 

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