Surrounded by the mechanical perfections of human efforts, encircled by the industrial marvels of mankind freed of the tyranny of environment—they returned to the land. In the huge traffic clearings, wheat and corn grew. In the shadow of the towers, sheep grazed.
I love this passage as a tribute to progress and man made technology, as opposed to the philosophy that praises natural that is prevalent today. Today, it’s more likely that the buildings are tyranny in passages like this.
