"Since the advent of civilization, the outgrowth of property has been so immense, its forms so..."

“Since the advent of civilization, the outgrowth of property has been so immense, its forms so diversified, its uses so expanding and its management so intelligent in the interest of its owners that it has become, on the part of the people, an unmanageable power. The human mind stands bewildered in the presence of its own creation.”

- Lewis H. Morgan: Ancient Society, 1877