“Men have become the tools of their tools.”
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While civilization has been improving our houses, it has not equally improved the men who are to inhabit them. It has created palaces, but it was not so easy to create noblemen and kings.
It takes two to speak the truth: one to speak, and another to hear.
What is the use of a house if you haven't got a tolerable planet to put it on?
I have seen how the foundations of the world are laid, and I have not the least doubt that it will stand a good while.