Civilization begins with order, grows with liberty and dies with chaos

Civilization begins with order, grows with liberty and dies with chaos

To make the plough go before the horse.

To make the plough go before the horse.

Can any man have a higher notion of the rule of right and the
eternal fitness of things?

Can any man have a higher notion of the rule of right and the
eternal fitness of things?

Confusion heard his voice, and wild uproar
Stood ruled, stood vast infinitude confined;
Till at his second read more

Confusion heard his voice, and wild uproar
Stood ruled, stood vast infinitude confined;
Till at his second bidding darkness fled,
Light shone, and order from disorder sprung.

For the world was built in order
Around the atoms march in tune;
Rhyme the pipe, and read more

For the world was built in order
Around the atoms march in tune;
Rhyme the pipe, and Time the warder,
The sun obeys them, and the moon.

To put the world in order, we must first put the nation in order;
to put the nation in read more

To put the world in order, we must first put the nation in order;
to put the nation in order, we must put the family in order; to
put the family in order, we must cultivate our personal life; and
to cultivate our personal life, we must first set our hearts
right.

In those days was Hezekiah sick unto death. And Isaiah the
prophet the son of Amoz came unto him, read more

In those days was Hezekiah sick unto death. And Isaiah the
prophet the son of Amoz came unto him, and said unto him. Thus
saith the Lord, Set thine house in order: for thou shalt die,
and not live.

Order is Heaven's first law; and this confess,
Some are and must be greater than the rest.

Order is Heaven's first law; and this confess,
Some are and must be greater than the rest.

It is folly to put the plough in front of the oxen.
[Fr., Folie est mettre la charrue devant read more

It is folly to put the plough in front of the oxen.
[Fr., Folie est mettre la charrue devant les boeufs.]