"Our forefathers did without sugar until the 13th……" — Elias Canetti

"Our forefathers did without sugar until the 13th century, without coal fires until the 14th, without buttered bread until the 16th, without tea or soup until the 17th, without gas, matches or electricity until the 20th"

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