There is nothing in machinery, there is nothing in embankments and rai…

H. G. Wells
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There is nothing in machinery, there is nothing in embankments and railways and iron bridges and engineering devices to oblige them to be ugly. Ugliness is the measure of imperfection. ✨ H. G. Wells (2016). A Modern Utopia, p.79, H. G. Wells
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There is nothing in machinery, there is nothing in embankments and railways and iron bridges and engineering devices to oblige them to be ugly. Ugliness is the measure of imperfection. ✨ H. G. Wells (2016). A Modern Utopia, p.79, H. G. Wells

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