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H. G. Wells

I must confess that my imagination refuses to see any sort of submarine doing anything but suffocating its crew and floundering at sea.

H. G. Wells

Imagination

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The author is saying that he cannot imagine a submarine working well and instead pictures it as a dangerous, ineffective machine that traps people inside and struggles in the water. This shows his skepticism about the practicality and safety of submarines at the time.

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