The Vault at Pfaff's

An Archive of Art and Literature by the Bohemians of Antebellum New York

The Earth as a Second-Hand Affair

"The Earth as a Second-Hand Affair." New York Saturday Press. (1865-11-25).
Electronic Source Available
Type
newspaper
Genre
commentary
Abstract

The writer doubts how far we have actually come as a civilization. He mockingly speculates that in the future men will condescendingly revel at our current state, as we do at previous eras.