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What follows I flee; what flees I ever pursue.
[Lat., Quod sequitur, fugio; quod fugit, usque sequor.]
What follows I flee; what flees I ever pursue.
[Lat., Quod sequitur, fugio; quod fugit, usque sequor.]
Westward the star of empire takes its way.
Westward the star of empire takes its way.
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.
There is no advancement to him who stands trembling because he cannot see the end from the beginning.
There is no advancement to him who stands trembling because he cannot see the end from the beginning.
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!
What we call "progress " is the exchange of one nuisance for
another nuisance.
What we call "progress " is the exchange of one nuisance for
another nuisance.
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.
Progress is
The law of life, man is not
Man as yet.
Progress is
The law of life, man is not
Man as yet.
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.