Good heavens!And was this the era of conquest that I had hoped to see?I had always taken for granted that humanity was destined to move forward.This picture of desolation rendered me almost speechless.(19 I gasped out a question. "Where are the streetcars and the motors?" Oh,done away with long ago 20,"he said. "But how do you get about 21?" “We don't,"he answered.“Why should we? It's just the same being here as being anywhere else."Good heavens! And was this the era of conquest that I had hoped to see? I had always taken for granted that humanity was destined to move forward. This picture of desolation rendered me almost speechless.(19) I gasped out a question. “Where are the streetcars and the motors?” “Oh, done away with long ago(20),” he said. “But how do you get about(21)?” “ We don’t,” he answered. “Why should we? It’s just the same being here as being anywhere else