Quote#Time
Whatever may have been the causes which have operated in the past,…
Quote byEbenezer Howard · 1850–1928
Commonly attributed — not confirmed in an authoritative edition. Cited on Wikiquote to: Garden Cities of To-morrow (1898), Introduction..
English (original)
Whatever may have been the causes which have operated in the past, and are operating now, to draw the people into the cities, those causes may all be summed up as "attractions "
— Ebenezer Howard
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