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  • To achieve progress requires “the preservation of all kinds and amounts of good which already exist, and Progress as consisting in the increase of them.”

    Civic Education Crittenden, Jack 2007

  • Once man conceived future progress; now your idol Progress is beginning to conceive future man.

    A Tramp's Sketches Stephen Graham 1929

  • Thus continuous progress in man's knowledge of his environment, which is one of the chief conditions of general Progress, is a hypothesis which may or may not be true.

    The Idea of Progress An inguiry into its origin and growth 1894

  • It remains, however, noteworthy that the author of the theory of the progress of knowledge, which was afterwards to expand into a general theory of human Progress, would not have allowed that this extension was legitimate; though it was through this extension that

    The Idea of Progress An inguiry into its origin and growth 1894

  • France, is this: It seems to be a law of human progress that mankind moves forward by reactions against its own preceding conditions; that is, Progress disappoints History _by doing the other thing_!

    Notable Events of the Nineteenth Century Great Deeds of Men and Nations and the Progress of the World Various 1870

  • - After years of waiting, commercial progress is finally coming to Progress

    The Columbian stories: Columns 2010

  • Through careful deliberation and adherence to the other nine principles we will embrace progress as long as it is not the cult of Progress (notice the capital P).

    GraniteGrok 2008

  • As the acknowledged historian of progress, J B Bury, says: 'it was just the theory of an active Providence that the theory of Progress was to replace; and it was not till men felt independent of Providence that they could organise a theory of Progress' {2}.

    Bill Totten's Weblog 2008

  • Gui, Add, Progress, Background808080 cFFFFFF - Smooth v_iTg_TrackProgress x168 y133 w150 h8, \% Progress\%

    AutoHotkey Community 2008

  • Going to trial with a lawyer who considers your whole lifestyle a Crime in Progress is not a happy prospect.

    Friday Follies 2.10 « A Progressive on the Prairie 2010

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