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This painting by William Turner is an obituary to pre-industrial times. The light, ephemeral sailing warship HMS Temeraire that saved Britain from Napoleon is tugged by the black, coalspitting tugboat to its retirement while the sun sets and bears witness. The story of John Henry is similar. He defeats a steam drill in a race, but dies afterwards. Any more works of art that hail man over industry?

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