I refer of course to the soaring wonder of the age known as the Eiffel…

Bill Bryson
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I refer of course to the soaring wonder of the age known as the Eiffel Tower. Never in history has a structure been more technologically advanced, materially obsolescent, and gloriously pointless all at the same time. ✨ Bill Bryson (2010). At Home: A Short History of Private Life, p.306, Random House
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