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And in this mood did they achieve for themselves that Greatness which leaves the Moderns pigmies, because we lack the mental dignity by which it was accomplished. For this reason, likewise, have the Moderns, although studious of forms, overlooked the Living Soul of Things, disenchanting Life, and encumbering the Earth with the most uninteresting Automatons imaginable. No Fawn, no Satyr now, no shy
Pandaemonium 1660–1886: The Coming of the Machine as Seen by Contemporary Observers
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