At the bedside of H.G. Wells, who was in his last illness, an old friend attempted to get a converstion going by recalling incidents of years gone by. Wells, however, evinced little interest.

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"I have no time to dwell on where I have been," he finally said. "I am too busy thinking of where I am going."

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