. . . Luddites were those frenzied traditionalists of the early 19th century who toured [England] wrecking new … - James A. Michener

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I believe myself to be the type of person who does not complicate his life. I have always lived my life without dramatizing things, whether the good things that have happened to me or the bad. I simply live those moments.

James A. Michener

. . . Luddites were those frenzied traditionalists of the early 19th century who toured [England] wrecking new weaving machines on the theory that if they were destroyed. . . old jobs and old ways of life could be preserved. . . At certain times in his life each man is tempted to become a Luddite, for there is always something he would like to go back to. But to be against all change-against change in the abstract-is folly.

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