That in our proper motion we ascend
Up to our native seat; descent and fall
To give read more

That in our proper motion we ascend
Up to our native seat; descent and fall
To give us is adverse.

He who moves not forward goes backward!
A capital saying!

He who moves not forward goes backward!
A capital saying!

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.

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

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

All rising to great place is by a winding stair.

All rising to great place is by a winding stair.

What is art
But life upon the larger scale, the higher,
When, graduating up in a spiral read more

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.

Doubt can only be removed by action.

Doubt can only be removed by action.

One thing only has been lent to youth and age in common--discontent.

One thing only has been lent to youth and age in common--discontent.

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.