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Industrialization based on machinery, already referred to as a characteristic of our age, is but one aspect of the revolution that is being wrought by technology.

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Emily Greene Balch
Age: 94 †
Born: 1867
Born: January 8
Died: 1961
Died: January 9
Economist
Journalist
Pacifist
Peace Activist
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Jamaica Plain
Massachusetts
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