We remove mountains, and make seas our smooth highway; nothing can resist us. We war with rude Nature; and, by our resistless engines, come off always victorious, and loaded with spoils.
Thomas Carlyle
Where these words come from
- 95% sureThese words were traced back to where they first appeared. That source is listed below.
- Signs of the Times (1829); Carlyle describes industrial society’s power within a critical essay on its costs; not a modern environmental claim.
- Signs of the Times (1829)
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