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In Wuthering Heights (~1845, Bronte) many of the characters die from "weakness" "heartache" etc at a very young age. How did people in the mid 1800s supposed a person died. What was actually killing these people?

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Were early European settlers of new lands surprised to find other societies? Were they expecting other humans or was this a shock?

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Since the 1800's western visions of the future frequently feature space travel and robots; how did previous centuries imagine the future? Were there concepts of utopia's, space travel and robots? If not what did they imagine and when did 'modern futurology' begin?

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In Wuthering Heights (~1845, Bronte) many of the characters die from "weakness" "heartache" etc at a very young age. How did people in the mid 1800s supposed a person died. What was actually killing these people?	1984
Were early European settlers of new lands surprised to find other societies? Were they expecting other humans or was this a shock?	28
Since the 1800's western visions of the future frequently feature space travel and robots; how did previous centuries imagine the future? Were there concepts of utopia's, space travel and robots? If not what did they imagine and when did 'modern futurology' begin?	9