 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
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...improvement of society, and no man improves. Society never advances. It recedes as fast on one side as it gains on the other. It undergoes continual changes;...scientific; but this change is not amelioration. For every thing that is given, something is taken. Society acquires new arts, and loses old instincts.... | |
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