{"product_id":"we-are-mankind-wells-heretics-mug","title":"We Are Mankind — Wells Heretics Mug","description":"\u003cp\u003eWells wrote this in 1920, in the immediate wake of the first war the world had ever had the scale to call \"world.\" His argument: nationality was too small a category to organize a species around. Five words that take three seconds to read and considerably longer to sit with.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eStart your morning with Wells's most optimistic conviction — that nationality is an inherited box, and mankind is the thing that doesn't fit inside it.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eH.G. Wells, The Outline of History (1920)\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e“Our true nationality is mankind.”\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eStart the day with the biggest frame available.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThat's what the morning is for.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch3\u003eThe Design\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eA large amber opening quotation mark anchors the top of the design on both sides of the mug — the only ornament, and enough. The quote runs in consistent large serif type, and the attribution follows in smaller amber below.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eWells didn't build to the claim; he opened with it. The design agrees.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch3\u003eYour Morning Reckoning\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e15 oz — substantial. Not a collection piece.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eGlossy black — quote shows clean on both sides\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eTwo-sided print — the quote wraps the mug. Lefties see it. Righties see it.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eDishwasher safe\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eMicrowave safe\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003ch3\u003eWho It’s For\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe person whose morning needs more than caffeine. A traveler, a reader, someone who thinks about where we’re all headed. An unexpected but exactly right gift for the person who has opinions about H.G. Wells — or who doesn’t know his work yet and should.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eThe biggest thought deserves the first cup.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eAlso on \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/quoteiac.com\/products\/we-are-mankind-tee\"\u003ethe We Are Mankind Tee\u003c\/a\u003e. More Wells: \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/quoteiac.com\/products\/future-tee\"\u003eFuture Tee\u003c\/a\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch3\u003eH.G. Wells, in Plain English\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eEnglish author and historian (1866–1946)\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eWrote \u003cem\u003eThe Time Machine\u003c\/em\u003e, \u003cem\u003eThe War of the Worlds\u003c\/em\u003e, \u003cem\u003eThe Invisible Man\u003c\/em\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cem\u003eThe Outline of History\u003c\/em\u003e (1920) — humanity’s story as one continuous narrative, sold over two million copies\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eSpent his career arguing that the species needed to think at the species level, or it wouldn’t survive\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eA futurist who was right about more things than was comfortable\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e","brand":"Quoteiac","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":42640730882142,"sku":"8986391_9324","price":27.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0554\/8664\/4318\/files\/We_Are_Mankind_Mug_H.G._Wells.png?v=1775958671","url":"https:\/\/quoteiac.com\/products\/we-are-mankind-wells-heretics-mug","provider":"Quoteiac","version":"1.0","type":"link"}