For so it had come about . . .

Hi,

For so it had come about . . . .

What does "for so" mean here?

I understand what "it had come about" means . . . .

I even understand "so it had come about" as in "and so it had come about"--a concluding statement.

But why put the "for" in front?



It would be helpful to see the full context of these words. Can you show it to

For so it had come about, as indeed I and many men might have foreseen

had not terror and disaster blinded our minds. These germs of disease have

taken toll of humanity since the beginning of things--taken toll of our

prehuman ancestors since life began here. But by virtue of this natural

selection of our kind we have developed resisting power; to no g

Hi,



What precedes this, please?



Clive

In another moment I had scrambled up the earthen rampart and stood upon

its crest, and the interior of the redoubt was below me. A mighty space it

was, with gigantic machines here and there within it, huge mounds of

material and strange shelter places. And scattered about it, some in their

overturned war-machines, some in the now rigid handling-machine

Hi,



'For so . . . ' here means basically 'Because . . . '



H. G. Wells, famous story.



As I said, it's a way of continuing a story.

And it's rather old-fashioned today, but not in the time of Wells.



Clive