Road
By Hilaire Belloc · Running time 04:22:55 · Social Science (Culture & Anthropology), Transportation
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"We are arrived at a chief turning-point in the history of the English highway. New instruments of locomotion, a greater volume of traffic, a greater weight in loads, and vastly increased rapidity in road travel have between them brought us to an issue: either some very considerable and immediate change in the character of the Road, or a serious and increasing handicap in our rivalry with other nations through the strain and expense of an out-worn system. "The moment therefore calls for some examination of the Road, its theory and history. That need has prompted me to write this essay; but I m
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