all-too-sudden

Updated: June 25, 2025

The best brains of two generations devoted themselves to the task of saving the world from the disastrous results of the all-too-sudden introduction of machinery. They did not try to destroy the capitalistic system. This would have been very foolish, for the accumulated wealth of other people, when intelligently used, may be of very great benefit to all mankind.

Hendrik Willem Van Loon - The Story of Mankind