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“Our era has produced many great men--- robber barons, masters of innovation, beast of business---whose staggering wealth, incomparable ruthlessness and personal legends would seem to prove they are dominant species but then one has a look at their son, and doubts the theory of evolution entirely. -DR. Bertrand Legmam Cooper, Problems of Science and Society, Posted by One Who Has Known Both, 1900”

Evolution Fathers And Sons Sons 1900s Dr Bertrand Legman Cooper

Book:Splendor

Source: Splendor

“With the development of utility electricity for the masses in the 1900's, very few people realize that a new era of sickness and disease was unleashed that are collectively called radiation sickness.”

“Erst im Unglück weiß man wahrhaft, wer man ist.”

20th Century Marie Antoinette Stefan Zweig 1900s

Book:Marie Antoinette: The Portrait of an Average Woman

Source: Marie Antoinette: The Portrait of an Average Woman

“Did women actually faint, I wondered, or was that an invention of bad Victorian novels and Friday night picture shows? Or perhaps women simply contrived to collapse at convenient moments to delay the burden of hearing and seeing and feeling, just for a little while. I sympathized.”

Women Shock And Awe 1900s

Book:The Ten Thousand Doors of January

Source: The Ten Thousand Doors of January