"Everyone is stopped and waiting, maitre d's, hansom cab drivers and governments. Everyone's waiting for the end. Let's hope the apocalypse is pleasant, Your Highness."

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Statement of 1899, as quoted in Jahrhundertwende 1900 : Untergangsstimmung und Fortschrittsglauben (1998) by Franz Hare, p. 190