"Since the invention of gas light, our evening life has experienced an indescribable intensification, our pulse has accecelerated, nervous excitation has been heightened, we have had to change our appearance, our behaviour and our customs, because they had to be accommodated to a different light."
From: "Berlin Becomes Metropolis" by Joachim Schlor, a quote used in "At Day's Close: Night in Times Past" by A. Roger Ekirech
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