 Society never advances. It recedes as fast on one side as it gains on the other. It undergoes continual changes; it is barbarous, it is civilized, it is Christianized, it is rich, it is scientific; but this change is not amelioration. For everything that...  The natural history of mankind - Page 104by Stephen Henry Ward - 1849 - 207 pagesFull view - About this book
 | 1848 - 614 pages
...is civilized, it is christianized, it is rich it is scientific; but this change is not amelioration. For everything that is given, something is taken....and loses old instincts. What a contrast between the well clad, reading, writing, thinking American, with a watch, a pencil, and a bill of exchange in his... | |
 | 1851 - 650 pages
...side as it gains on the other. Its progress is only apparent, like the workers of a tread-mill." " For everything that is given something is taken. Society acquires new arts and loses old instincts." " The civilized man has built a coach, but has lost the use of his feet. He is supported on crutches,... | |
 | John Holmes Agnew, Walter Hilliard Bidwell - 1848 - 610 pages
...is civilized, it is christianized, it is rich it is scientific; but this change is not amelioration. For everything that is given, something is taken....and loses old instincts. What a contrast between the well clad, reading, writing, thinking American, with a watch, a pencil, and a bill of exchange in his... | |
 | Alexander Melville Bell - 1849 - 356 pages
...gains - on the other. It undergoes - continual - changes ; but - this change - is not - amelioration. For everything - that is given - something - is taken....acquires - new arts - and - loses - old - instincts. The civilized - man - has built - a coach, - but - has lost - the use - of his feet. He is supported... | |
 | George Gilfillan - 1852 - 274 pages
...civilized, it is christianized, it is rich, it is scientific ; but this change is not amelioration. For everything that is given, something is taken....Society acquires new arts, and loses old instincts. The civilized man has built a coach, but has lost the use of his feet. He has a fine Geneva watch,... | |
 | George Gilfillan - 1853 - 300 pages
...civilized, it is christianized, it is rich, it is scientific ; but this change is not amelioration. For everything that is given, something is taken. Society acquires new arts, itnd loses old instincts. The civilized man has built a coach, but has lost the use of his feet. He... | |
 | Thomas Wentworth Higginson - 1863 - 380 pages
...from Emerson. " Society never advances. It recedes as fast on one side as it gains on the other. .... What a contrast between the well-clad, reading, writing,...and a bill of exchange in his pocket, and the naked New-Zealander, whose property is a club, a spear, a mat, and the undivided twentieth part of a shed... | |
 | Thomas Wentworth Higginson - 1863 - 388 pages
...from Emerson. " Society never advances. It recedes as fast on one side as it gains on the other. .... What a contrast between the well-clad, reading, writing,...and a bill of exchange in his pocket, and the naked New-Zealander, whose property is a club, a spear, a mat, and the undivided twentieth part of a shed... | |
 | Ralph Waldo Emerson - 1870 - 592 pages
...civilized, it is Christianized, it is rich, it is scientific ; but this change is not amelioration. For everything that is given, something is taken....and a bill of exchange in his pocket, and the naked New-Zealander, whose property is a club, a spear, a mat, and an undivided twentieth of a shed to sleep... | |
 | Ralph Waldo Emerson - 1875 - 584 pages
...civilized, it is "Christianized, it is rich, it is scientific ; but this change is not amelioration. For everything that is given, something is taken,...with a watch, a pencil, and a bill of exchange in Jus pocket, and the naked New-Zealander, whose property is a club, a spear, a mat, and an undivided... | |
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