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Det vi kaller fremskritt er utskiftningen av én ulempe med en annen.
Havelock Ellis
Kilde
Impressions and Comments (1924).
Engelsk
What we call progress is the exchange of one nuisance for another nuisance.
Del av
The sanitary and mechanical age we are now entering makes up for the mercy it grants to our sense of smell by the ferocity with which it assails our sense of hearing. As usual, what we call "Progress" is the exchange of one Nuisance for another Nuisance.