[Flaubert] didn’t hate railway such; hated way flattered people illusi — Julian Barnes, Flaubert’s Parrot

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[Flaubert] didn’t just hate the railway as such; he hated the way it flattered people with the illusion of progress. What was the point of scientific advance without moral advance? The railway would merely permit more people to move about, meet and be stupid together.

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