Where these words come from
- 95% sureThese words were traced back to where they first appeared. That source is listed below.
- From "Civilization," a chapter in Society and Solitude (1870). Project Gutenberg full text, ebook #69258.
- Society and Solitude — "Civilization"
- 1870
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