Star-Begotten by H.G. Wells

'In guessing about these coming people,' said Keppel, 'there is one thing we have to keep in mind. A hard, clear mind does not mean what we call a hard individual. What we call a hard man is a stupid man, who specializes in inflexibility to escape perplexity. But a hard, clear mind is a clear crystalline mind; it turns about like a lens, revealing and scrutinizing one aspect after another, one possibility after another, and this and that necessary correlation. But anyhow, let us do our best to imagine how this--this infiltration of intelligence is going to work. No mighty revolutionary conspiracy--no. They will begin to say things, question things, point things out. How will people respond?'

'Dislike, certainly,' said the doctor.