...done, and done well; done indeed for all time, in the space of Time across which my machine had leaped. The air was free from gnats, the earth from weeds...medicine was attained. Diseases had been stamped out. I saw no evidence of any contagious diseases during all my stay. And I shall have to tell you later...

...done, and done well; done indeed for all time, in the space of Time across which my machine had leaped. The air was free from gnats, the earth from weeds...medicine was attained. Diseases had been stamped out. I saw no evidence of any contagious diseases during all my stay. And I shall have to tell you later...

...done, and done well; done indeed for all Time, in the space of Time across which my machine had leaped. The air was free from gnats, the earth from weeds...sweet and delightful flowers; brilliant butterflies ftew hither and thither. The ideal of preventive medicine was attained. Diseases have been stamped...

...our human needs. done indeed for all Time, in the space of Time across which my machine had leaped. The air was free from gnats, the earth from weeds...medicine was attained. Diseases had been stamped out. I saw no evidence of any contagious diseases during all my stay. And I shall have to tell you later...

...needs. (7M, 27-28) At first sight, as we have seen, the effects appear Utopian: 'The air was free of gnats, the earth from weeds or fungi; everywhere were...flowers; brilliant butterflies flew hither and thither' (TM, 28). Only gradually do the hidden dangers of this new rural idyll become apparent. What Wells...