Few can contemplate without a sense of exhilaration the splendid achievements of practical energy and technical skill, which, from the latter part of the seventeenth century, were transforming the face of material civilization, and of which England was the daring, if not too scrupulous, pioneer.
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"Few can contemplate without a sense of exhilaration the splendid achievements of practical energy and technical skill, which, from the latter part of the seventeenth century, were transforming the face of material civilization, and of which England was the daring, if not too scrupulous, pioneer." — E. F. Schumacher
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Few can contemplate without a sense of exhilaration the splendid achievements of practical energy and technical skill, which, from the latter part of the seventeenth century, were transforming the face of material civilization, and of which England was the daring, if not too scrupulous, pioneer. — E. F. Schumacher
About E. F. Schumacher
E. F. Schumacher was a Economist from United Kingdom (1911–1977).
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This quote is attributed to E. F. Schumacher, a Economist from United Kingdom.
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E. F. Schumacher lived from 1911 – 1977.