Discontent is the first step in the progress of a man or a nation

Discontent is the first step in the progress of a man or a nation

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.

Finds progress, man's distinctive mark alone,
Not God's, and not the beast's;
God is, they are,
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Finds progress, man's distinctive mark alone,
Not God's, and not the beast's;
God is, they are,
Man partly is, and wholly hopes to be.

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

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

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

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

What is art
But life upon the larger scale, the higher,
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What is art
But life upon the larger scale, the higher,
When, graduating up in a spiral line
Of still expanding and ascending gyres,
It pushed toward the intense significance
Of all things, hungry for the Infinite?
Art's life--and where we live, we suffer and toil.

I have found some of the best reasons I ever had for remaining at the bottom simply by looking at read more

I have found some of the best reasons I ever had for remaining at the bottom simply by looking at the men at the top.

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!

He who moves not forward, goes backward

He who moves not forward, goes backward