““What do we see by [our enlightened age] which our ancestors saw not, and which at the same time is worth seeing? We see a hundred men hanged, where they saw one. We see five hundred transported, where they saw one. We see five thousand in the workhouse, where they saw one. . . . We see children perishing in manufactories, where they saw them flourishing in the fields. We see prisons, where they saw castles. We see masters, where they saw representatives. In short, they saw true men, where we see false knaves. They saw Milton, and we see Mr. Sackbut.””
![“What do we see by [our enlightened age] which our ancestors saw not, and which at the same time is worth seeing? We see a hundred men hanged, where they saw one. We see five hundred transported, where they saw one. We see five thousand in the workhouse, where they saw one. . . . We see children…” quote by Thomas Love Peacock](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/img-quotes/ddc/thomas-love-peacock-12564_quote_what-do-we-see-by-our-enlightened-age-wh_1071492.jpg)
![“If they [enlightened men] take any interest in examining, in the infancy of our species, the almost obliterated traces of so many nations that have become extinct, they will doubtless take a similar interest in collecting, amidst the darkness which covers the infancy of the globe, the traces of…” quote by Georges Cuvier](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/img-quotes/50b/georges-cuvier-21747_collecting_if-they-enlightened-men-take-any-interes_2564714.jpg)
