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“By the end of the 20th Century there will be a generation to whom it will not be injurious to read a dozen quire of newspapers daily, to be constantly called to the telephone... and to live half their time in a railway carriage or in a flying machine.”

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Max Nordau
Max Nordau

Max Nordau was an Austrian author and psychologist whose works spanned across literature, philosophy, and psychology. His most famous work, 'Decadence', deeply explored the concepts of cultural decline and artistic degeneration. more

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