Do our memories of past events determine, or have controlling effect on, our future actions?

Which sentence in this excerpt from the time machine suggest that the time travelled will later realize that his assumptions about future society are incorrect

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What character asks for god's mercy on the lady at the end of the poem? arthur lancelot the poem's speaker the reaper