The modern world is a crowd of very rapid racing cars all brought to a…

Gilbert K. Chesterton
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The modern world is a crowd of very rapid racing cars all brought to a standstill and stuck in a block of traffic.
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The modern world is a crowd of very rapid racing cars all brought to a standstill and stuck in a block of traffic.

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