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.

Progress is impossible without change, and those who cannot change their minds cannot change anything.

Progress is impossible without change, and those who cannot change their minds cannot change anything.

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.

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!

To look up and not down,
To look forward and not back,
To look out and not read more

To look up and not down,
To look forward and not back,
To look out and not in--and
To lend a hand.

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.

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.

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

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

Those who work most for the world's advancement are the ones who demand least.

Those who work most for the world's advancement are the ones who demand least.