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Every advance in civilization has been denounced as unnatural while it was recent.
Every advance in civilization has been denounced as unnatural while it was recent.
It has become appallingly obvious that our technology has exceeded our humanity.
It has become appallingly obvious that our technology has exceeded our humanity.
A civilization is built on what is required of men, not on that which is provided for them.
A civilization is built on what is required of men, not on that which is provided for them.
Mankind's struggle upwards, in which millions are trampled to death, that thousands may mount on their bodies.
Mankind's struggle upwards, in which millions are trampled to death, that thousands may mount on their bodies.
Civilization is the process of reducing the infinite to the finite.
Civilization is the process of reducing the infinite to the finite.
A nation or civilization that continues to produce soft-minded men purchases its own spiritual death on an installment plan.
A nation or civilization that continues to produce soft-minded men purchases its own spiritual death on an installment plan.
Civilization is the order and freedom promoting cultural activity.
Civilization is the order and freedom promoting cultural activity.
The three great elements of modern civilization, Gunpowder, Printing, and the Protestant Religion.
The three great elements of modern civilization, Gunpowder, Printing, and the Protestant Religion.
Anyone can be a barbarian; it requires a terrible effort to remain a civilized man.
Anyone can be a barbarian; it requires a terrible effort to remain a civilized man.
