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W.L.George in 1922: "A sight of the world today would surprise President Jefferson much more, I suspect, than the world of 2022 would surprise the little girl who sells candies at Grand Central Station." Was he correct? Was the change from 1822 to 1922 greater than the change from 1922 to 2022?
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