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Futurecabinboy
Member 		# Posted: 20 May 2008 18:09
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{If it is asserted that civilization is a real advance in the condition of man, and I think that it is, it must be shown that it has produced better dwellings without making them more costly; and the cost of a thing is the amount of what I will call life which is required to be exchanged for it, immediately or in the long run.}
I have dragged this little quotation around with me for so long now that I am not 100% sure who I am quoting, perhaps someone here can help with that. I would like to hear any comments.
Crash
# Posted: 26 May 2008 03:20
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"If it is asserted that civilization is a real advance in the condition of man,... it must be shown that it has produced better dwellings without making them more costly; and the cost of a thing is the amount of what I will call life which is required to be exchanged for it, immediately or in the long run".
Henry Thoreau: 1817-1861
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