... one of the reasons that this novel is an immortal one and is basically timeless. In the novel, the Eloi live above ground and the Morklocks live under the ground. This idea may come from the idea of mining, which was a huge industry in the 1800's and early 1900's. ... Miners, part of the lower-to-middle class, are almost like the Morlocks in many ways when they are at work. They become dirty and darker because of the work, just the Morlocks do, and don't receive susceptible ventilation while under ... the ground. The Morlocks, as The Time Traveller notes, have adjusted to life undergrou...

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... In 1883 Wells became a teacher and pupil at Midhurst Grammar School. He got a scholarship to the Normal School of Science in London and studied biology under T.H. Huxley. His interest, however, faltered and in 1887 he left without a degree. He taught in private schools for four years, not getting his ... year 802701. The Time Traveler had found two people: the Eloi, weak and little, who live above ground in a seemingly Edenic paradise, and the Morlocks, bestial creatures that live below ground, who eat the Eloi. The Traveler's beautiful friend Weena is killed, he flees into the far futu...

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... (because of his association with Alexander) in 323. He fled to the island of Euboea and died a year later in 322 BC. Although he studied under Plato, he disagreed with Plato on almost all issues. He did not think about the world in abstract terms like Plato. At the core of his ... 150 philosophical treatises. The 30 that have survived show his broad range of subjects of interest. Many of these treatises are considered to probably be lecture notes that he or a student of his wrote. What Aristotle did was to write down his thoughts on subjects as he explored them and thought it through ......

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