“We are indeed a blind race, and the next generation, blind to its own blindness, will be amazed at ours.”

— Lancelot Law Whyte

p, 125
Accent on Form: An Anticipation of the Science of Tomorrow (1955)

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Scottish industrial engineer 1896–1972

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