Towered cities please us then,
And the busy h
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Towered cities please us then,
And the busy hum of men.
High mountains are a feeling, but the hum
Of
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High mountains are a feeling, but the hum
Of human cities torture.
There is hardly one in three of us who live in th
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There is hardly one in three of us who live in the cities who is not sick with unused self.
No city should be too large for a man to walk out
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No city should be too large for a man to walk out of in a morning.
Divine Nature gave the fields, human art built th
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Divine Nature gave the fields, human art built the cities.
In the country the darkness of night is friendly
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In the country the darkness of night is friendly and familiar, but in a city, with its blaze of lights, it is unnatural, hostile and menacing. It is like a monstrous vulture that hovers, biding its time.
Cities are the abyss of the human species.
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Cities are the abyss of the human species.
The roaring street is hung for miles
With fie
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The roaring street is hung for miles
With fierce electric fire.
Clearly, then, the city is not a concrete jungle,
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Clearly, then, the city is not a concrete jungle, it is a human zoo.
Cities force growth, and make men talkative and e
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Cities force growth, and make men talkative and entertaining, but they make them artificial.
In Rome you long for the country; in the country
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In Rome you long for the country; in the country - oh inconstant! - you praise the distant city to the stars.
Suburb: a place that isn't city, isn't coun
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Suburb: a place that isn't city, isn't country, and isn't tolerable.
What is the city but the people?
There are natures that go to the streams of life i
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There are natures that go to the streams of life in great cities as the hart goes to the water brooks.
All cities are mad: but the madness is gall
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All cities are mad: but the madness is gallant. All cities are beautiful: but the beauty is grim.
The axis of the earth sticks out visibly through
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The axis of the earth sticks out visibly through the centre of each and every town or city.
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