Today, the notion of progress in a single line without goal or limit seems perhaps the most parochial notion of a very parochial century. (Lewis Mumford)

Today, the notion of progress in a single line without goal or limit seems perhaps the most parochial notion of a very parochial century.

Lewis Mumford

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