I believe that the citation was a metaphor to emphasize what was written below. If you insist on understanding it literally than it is just wrong - time is not exactly the same as spatial dimensions in either Newton's or Einstein's description. As for "not just depend on each other, but that they are unity" - I don't see the difference. Anyway it looks like philosophy rather than physics. Philosophy can not predict results of physics - their subjects are different. If Wells described some relativistic phenomena in his novell then one would be able to speak about predictions. But all we have is an obscure sentence to meditate at. Точно так же Иван Грозный, сказавший "я тебя насквозь вижу" IMHO не является предсказателем изобретения рентгеновского аппарата.