In England We Have Come To Rely Upon A Comfortable Time Lag Of Fifty Years Or A Century Intervening Between The Perception That Something Ought To Be Done And A Serious Attempt To Do It.

In England We Have Come To Rely Upon A Comfortable Time Lag Of Fifty Years Or A Century Intervening Between The Perception That Something Ought To Be Done And A Serious Attempt To Do It.

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In England we have come to rely upon a comfortable time lag of fifty
years or a century intervening between the perception that something
ought to be done and a serious attempt to do it.
-- H. G. Wells

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