"Waste-water from the houses collected in the gutters running alongside the curbs and emitted a truly fearsome smell. There were no public toilets in the streets or squares. Visitors, especially women, often became desperate when nature called. In the public buildings the sanitary facilities were unbelievably primitive....As a metropolis, Berlin did not emerge from a state of barbarism into civilization until after 1870."
Quote Details
Added by wikiquote-import-bot
Unverified quote
0 likes
Original Language: English
Available Languages (1)
Sources
August Bebel cited in David Clay Large, Berlin (2000) pp 17-18
https://en.wikiquote.org/wiki/Pollution
Revision History
No revisions have been submitted for this quote.
Categories
Pollution
16 quotes on TrueQuotesView all quotes by Pollution →
Related Quotes
"Plastic pollution free world is not a choice but a commitment to life - a commitment to the next generation."
"Worldwide, pharmaceutical use has been on the increase for the past century and will continue to increase into the fu…"
"By examining conditions in China and experimenting in a lab, the scientists suggest that a combination of weather pat…"
"Mr. President, I find it encouraging that you are proposing an initiative for reducing air pollution. Accepting the u…"
"Pollution is nothing but resources we're not harvesting. We allow them to disperse because we've been ignorant of the…"
"Plastic pollution in the form of small particles (diameter less than 5 mm)—termed "microplastic"—has been observed in…"
"The fact that both human sperm count and insect biomass are estimated to be declining at about 2 percent per year may…"
"Continued unrestricted testing by the nuclear powers, joined in time by other nations which may be less adept in limi…"
"Wildfires, heat domes, hurricanes, and extreme weather events are hard to ignore; yet, much to the consternation of e…"
"The lower spheres are so polluted that one could say without exaggeration that meteoric dust is being oxidized becaus…"