The modern city is ugly not because it is a city but because it is not…

Gilbert K. Chesterton
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The modern city is ugly not because it is a city but because it is not enough of a city, because it is a jungle, because it is confused and anarchic, and surging with selfish and materialistic energies.
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If we could destroy custom at a blow and see the stars as a child sees them, we should need no other apocalypse. ✨ The Defendant. Book by Gilbert K. Chesterton, 1901.
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The modern city is ugly not because it is a city but because it is not enough of a city, because it is a jungle, because it is confused and anarchic, and surging with selfish and materialistic energies.

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