Be an opener of doors for such as come after thee.

Be an opener of doors for such as come after thee.

Westward the star of empire takes its way.

Westward the star of empire takes its way.

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

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

We all want progress, but if you're on the wrong road, progress means doing an about-turn and walking back to read more

We all want progress, but if you're on the wrong road, progress means doing an about-turn and walking back to the right road; in that case, the man who turns back soonest is the most progressive.

Progress is the process whereby the human race is getting rid of whiskers, the veriform appendix and God.

Progress is the process whereby the human race is getting rid of whiskers, the veriform appendix and God.

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.

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 might have been alright once, but it has gone on too long.

Progress might have been alright once, but it has gone on too long.

Doubt can only be removed by action.

Doubt can only be removed by action.