The Man Who Could Work Miracles (Masterplots II: Short Story Series, Revised Edition)
At a glance:
- Author: H. G. Wells
- First Published: 1898
- Type of Plot: Fantasy
- Time of Work: 1896
- Setting: England
- Principal Characters: George McWhirter Fotheringay, Mr. Maydig
- Genres: Short fiction, Fantasy
- Subjects: Nineteenth century, Ministry or ministers, England or English people, Miracles
- Locales: England
The Story
An unprepossessing clerk, George McWhirter Fotheringay, is involved in an argument in the Long Dragon bar concerning whether miracles actually exist. Fotheringay does not believe in miracles; he is a skeptic and a rationalist. He states, “Let us clearly understand what a miracle is. It's something contrariwise to the course of nature done by power or Will, something what couldn’t happen without being specially willed.” By way of example, Fotheringay explains that the gas lamp lighting the bar could not burn upside down. If it were to do so, that would be a...
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