Greatness Is Abroad

For greatness is abroad, not only in us, not only in the Food, but in the purpose of all things! It is in the nature of all things; it is part of space and time. To grow and still to grow: from first to last that is Being — that is the law of life. What other law can there be?

Young Redwood The Food of the Gods (1904) by H. G. Wells

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Context: One of the giant children argues with his brothers about what they must do.

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Source: Book III, Chapter 5

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