Why do people resist [engines, bridges, and cities] so? They are symbo…

Mark Helprin
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Why do people resist [engines, bridges, and cities] so? They are symbols and products of the imagination, which is the force that ensures justice and historical momentum in an imperfect world, because without imagination we would not have the wherewithal to challenge certainty, and we could never rise above ourselves. ✨ Mark Helprin (1983). Winter's Tale, p.555, Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
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