In England we have come to rely upon a comfortable time-lag of fifty y…

H. G. Wells
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In England we have come to rely upon a comfortable time-lag of fifty years or a century intervening between the perception that something ought to be done and a serious attempt to do it. ✨ The Work, Wealth and Happiness of Mankind (1931) ch. 2
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