The Economist is running an unsigned review of David Herlihy's Bicycle: The History in their Feb 5th-11th issue. Regarding the late 19th century, which saw an explosion in bicycle technology and popularity, they say:
Bliss was it in that dawn to be alive.
Fantastic sentence.
posted by Micah Sittig at 02:21,
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4 Comments:
"Bliss it was that dawn to be alive" being of course a quote of the great English poet William Wordsworth referring to the French Revolution.
Hey, nice catch. I never would have known.
What it could be useful for?
The bicycle? Nothing, probably. I'm sure it's just a fad.
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