 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.  Essays: First Series - Page 72by Ralph Waldo Emerson - 1876 - 290 pagesFull view - About this book
 | Gerardus van der Leeuw - 1935 - 344 pages
...on the other. lt undergoes continual changes; it is barbarous, it is civilised, it is christianised, it is rich, it is scientific; but this change is not...Society acquires new arts, and loses old instincts. There is no more deviation in the moral standard than in the standard of height or bulk. No greater... | |
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