But Humanity, in its desire for comfort, had over-reached itself. It h…

E. M. Forster
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But Humanity, in its desire for comfort, had over-reached itself. It had exploited the riches of nature too far. Quietly and complacently, it was sinking into decadence, and progress had come to mean the progress of the Machine. ✨ E. M. Forster (2015). The Machine Stops, p.23, Simon and Schuster
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But Humanity, in its desire for comfort, had over-reached itself. It had exploited the riches of nature too far. Quietly and complacently, it was sinking into decadence, and progress had come to mean the progress of the Machine. ✨ E. M. Forster (2015). The Machine Stops, p.23, Simon and Schuster

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