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The excerpt represents the core issue or deciding factor on which you must meditate, and is drawn from War of the Worlds by H. G. Wells: At any rate, whether we expect another invasion or not,
our views of the human future must be greatly modified
by these events. We have learned now that we cannot regard
this planet as being fenced in and a secure abiding place for
Man; we can never anticipate the unseen good or evil that
may come upon us suddenly out of space. It may be that in
the larger design of the universe this invasion from Mars
is not without its ultimate benefit for men; it has robbed
us of that serene confidence in the future which is the most
fruitful source of decadence, the gifts to human science it
has brought are enormous, and it has done much to promote
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