Certain Personal Matters - Of a Book Unwritten

The H. G. Wells Library · Jul 20, 2026 · 14m · transcript

In which a scholarly meditation contemplates the vast unwritten volumes of human evolution and destiny, envisioning future men with diminished bodies, enlarged brains, and altered physiologies adapted to wit and machinery rather than physical toil. This sober and speculative forecast, drawn from contemporary scientific thought, traces a path from present-day habits to a final, solitary existence where humanity survives as great intelligences beneath a frozen earth, highlighting the subtle transformation of man’s physical and spiritual nature over the slow passage of ages.