https://vegasharmon.com/works/impressions-of-theophrastus-such/ Recent content in Impressions of Theophrastus Such on Vegas Harmon Hugo en Tue, 08 Jul 2025 00:00:00 +0000 https://vegasharmon.com/commonplace/shadows-of-the-coming-race/ Tue, 08 Jul 2025 00:00:00 +0000 https://vegasharmon.com/commonplace/shadows-of-the-coming-race/ My friend Trost, who is no optimist as to the state of the universe hitherto, but is confident that at some future period within the duration of the solar system, ours will be the best of all possible worlds—a hope which I always honour as a sign of beneficent qualities—my friend Trost always tries to keep up my spirits under the sight of the extremely unpleasant and disfiguring work by which many of our fellow-creatures have to get their bread, with the assurance that “all this will soon be done by machinery.