"Federation of the World Inevitable Before the Year 2000. And the progress of the world during the next hundred years from now enormous, astounding, and greater than that of all the previous centuries put together. The human race, after many ages of fitful, painful, and weary struggling, is now fast ripening to a united, beautiful, and majestic flower, the crowning blossom of earth"

[1886] Cole, E[dward] W[illiam] (1832-1918). “Federation of the World Inevitable Before the Year 2000. And the progress of the world during the next hundred years from now enormous, astounding, and greater than that of all the previous centuries put together. The human race, after many ages of fitful, painful, and weary struggling, is now fast ripening to a united, beautiful, and majestic flower, the crowning blossom of earth [Italics in the original].” Separately paged and appended to the back of Cole’s Fun Doctor: The Funniest Book in the World. Ed. E.W. Cole. London: George Routledge & Sons/Melbourne, VIC, Australia: E.W. Cole Book Arcade. 31 pp. It is not included in his Cole’s Fun Doctor: The Funniest Book in the World. Second Series. London: George Routledge & Sons/Melbourne, VIC, Australia: E.W. Cole Book Arcade, 1901. L

Eutopia presented as predictions. Much on inventions. English will be the universal language. Complete manhood suffrage. Australian author.