Society never advances. It recedes as fast on one side as it gains on …

Ralph Waldo Emerson
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Society never advances. It recedes as fast on one side as it gains on the other. Society acquires new arts, and loses old instincts. ✨ Ralph Waldo Emerson (1808). Select Essays and Poems, p.59
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