Like Russel, Lewis Mumford saw 1914 marking a great loss too:
> Only those who remember the world before 1914 can adequately realize how much has already been lost...
> Bit by bit, and step by step, the world has been marching toward the realization of Orwell's nightmares; but because the march has been gradual, people have not realized how far it has taken them on this fatal road.
https://russell-j.com/1070_SoO.HTM
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