The world owes all its onward impulses to men ill at ease. The happy man inevitably confines himself within ancient limits.

Nathaniel Hawthorne

The House of the Seven Gables

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Theory of progress Progress

Author

Nathaniel Hawthorne

Source

The House of the Seven Gables

Medium

Novel

Language

English

Time

1851 1850s 19th century

Occupation

Novelist Writer

From

United States

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Original Citation

Hawthorne, Nathaniel. The House of the Seven Gables: A Romance. Boston: Ticknor, Reed, and Fields, 1851, ch. 20.

Current Citation

Hawthorne, Nathaniel. The House of the Seven Gables, edited by Robert S. Levine. W. W. Norton & Company, 2020, ch. 20.

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Another quote from the 1850s

Keep cool: it will be all one a hundred years hence.

Ralph Waldo Emerson

Montaigne; or, the Skeptic

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Equanimity

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Ralph Waldo Emerson
Source
Montaigne; or, the Skeptic
Medium
Essay
Language
English
Time
1850 1850s 19th century
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Emerson, Ralph Waldo. "Montaigne; or, the Skeptic." Representative Men. Boston: Phillips, Sampson and Company, 1850.

Current Citation

Emerson, Ralph Waldo. "Montaigne; or, the Skeptic (1850)." The Portable Emerson, edited by Jeffrey S. Cramer. Penguin Classics, 2014.

Another quote about Progress

Justice is the end of government. It is the end of civil society. It ever has been and ever will be pursued until it be obtained, or until liberty be lost in the pursuit.

James Madison

Federalist 51

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Political theory Justice Political progress Progress Government

Author

James Madison
Source
Federalist 51 The Federalist Papers
Medium
Essay
Genre
Political literature
Language
English
Time
1788 1780s 18th century
Era
American Revolutionary Period
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Original Citation

Madison, James [published as Publius]. "Federalist No. 51, The Structure of the Government Must Furnish the Proper Checks and Balances Between the Different Departments." New York Packet, 8 Feb. 1788.

Current Citation

Madison, James. "No. 51: How to maintain: make the parts check each other. Also, a federal system divides power further.--Madison (or Hamilton)." The Federalist: A Commentary on the Constitution of the United States, edited by Robert Scigliano. The Modern Library, 2001.