Is it progress if a cannibal uses a knife and fork?

Is it progress if a cannibal uses a knife and fork?

He who moves not forward, goes backward

He who moves not forward, goes backward

All progress is precarious, and the solution of one problem brings us face to face with another problem.

All progress is precarious, and the solution of one problem brings us face to face with another problem.

Laws and institutions are constantly tending to gravitate. Like
clocks, they must be occasionally cleansed, and wound up, and read more

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

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.

There is no advancement to him who stands trembling because he cannot see the end from the beginning.

There is no advancement to him who stands trembling because he cannot see the end from the beginning.

I have seen that Man moves over with each new generation into a
bigger body, more awful, more reverent read more

I have seen that Man moves over with each new generation into a
bigger body, more awful, more reverent and more free than he has
had before.

I walk slowly, but I never walk backward.

I walk slowly, but I never walk backward.

There is progress whether ye are going forward or backward! The thing is to move!

There is progress whether ye are going forward or backward! The thing is to move!