Representations of Nature Limited and Unlimited: A Speculative Essay

We haven't been thinking enough about the multiplication of self-propelled machines, which have put on our streets, avenues and boulevards so many railways that have become miniature trains. Steam-driven and electric tramways, electric tricycles, automobiles, with the danger of being hit or overturning, or exploding. And if you take the trouble to multiply the total of accidents on railway lines where there is surveillance by the number of trains which are limited, and do the same for the mechanical engines circulating everyday in Paris, you will be shocked.