Probably, since human society began, it had seen no such curious spectacle as the houses of the San Francisco millionaires on Nob Hill. (Henry Adams)

Probably, since human society began, it had seen no such curious spectacle as the houses of the San Francisco millionaires on Nob Hill.

Henry Adams

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