05-09-2017, 10:06 AM
(05-09-2017, 03:44 AM)Galen Wrote: You do realize that life in the nineteenth century was far better than that in earlier eras...
Better for some, bad to crushing for others. As usual, the powerful did extremely well and those who served the powerful did OK. The rest were either living on the frontier or being beaten down on a regular basis. Most of the frontier dwellers were homesteaders, with very high failure rates and early deaths, or the few success stories. Not a brilliant story, but better than earlier periods. Also, not a model for modernity.
Intelligence is not knowledge and knowledge is not wisdom, but they all play well together.