State Railways

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    “Alas, why would you heap this care on me?
    I am unfit for state and majesty.
    I do beseech you take it not amiss,
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    “There is nothing in machinery, there is nothing in embankments and railways and iron bridges and engineering devices to oblige them to be ugly. Ugliness is the measure of imperfection.”
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