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    Laws and institutions are constantly tending to gravitate. Like
    clocks, they must be occasionally cleansed, and wound up, and set
    to true time.

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Progress is
The law of life, man is not
Man as yet.

Progress is
The law of life, man is not
Man as yet.

by Robert Browning Found in: Progress Quotes,
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It has become appallingly obvious that our technology has exceeded our humanity.

It has become appallingly obvious that our technology has exceeded our humanity.

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Westward the course of empire takes its way;
The four first Acts already past,
A fifth shall read more

Westward the course of empire takes its way;
The four first Acts already past,
A fifth shall close the Drama with the day;
Time's noblest offspring is the last.

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Like plants in mines, which never saw the sun,
But dream of him, and guess where he may be,
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Like plants in mines, which never saw the sun,
But dream of him, and guess where he may be,
And do the best to climb, and get to him.

by Robert Browning Found in: Progress Quotes,
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What follows I flee; what flees I ever pursue.
[Lat., Quod sequitur, fugio; quod fugit, usque sequor.]

What follows I flee; what flees I ever pursue.
[Lat., Quod sequitur, fugio; quod fugit, usque sequor.]

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What we call "progress " is the exchange of one nuisance for
another nuisance.

What we call "progress " is the exchange of one nuisance for
another nuisance.

by Henry Havelock Ellis Found in: Progress Quotes,
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Progress has not followed a straight ascending line, but a spiral
with rhythms of progress and retrogression, of evolution read more

Progress has not followed a straight ascending line, but a spiral
with rhythms of progress and retrogression, of evolution and
dissolution.

by Henry George Found in: Progress Quotes,
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Not to go back is somewhat to advance, and men must walk, at least, before they dance.

Not to go back is somewhat to advance, and men must walk, at least, before they dance.

by Alexander Pope Found in: Progress Quotes,
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Technological progress has merely provided us with more efficient means for going backwards.

Technological progress has merely provided us with more efficient means for going backwards.

by Aldous Huxley Found in: Progress Quotes,
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