Civilization is a disease which is almost invariably fatal.


"The Idea of Progress", Romanes Lecture (27 May 1920), reprinted in Outspoken Essays: Second Series (1922)


Civilization is a disease which is almost invariably fatal.

Civilization is a disease which is almost invariably fatal.

Civilization is a disease which is almost invariably fatal.

Civilization is a disease which is almost invariably fatal.