Inevitability of progress

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Yet I doubt not thro' the ages one increasing purpose runs,
And the thoughts of men are widen'd with the process of the suns.

Alfred Tennyson

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Topic

Nature of history Inevitability of progress Progress

Author

Alfred Tennyson

Source

Locksley Hall Poems

Medium

Poem

Language

English

Time

1842 1840s 19th century

Authentication Score 3

Original Citation

Tennyson, Alfred. "Locksley Hall." Poems. Vol. 2, London: Edward Moxon, 1842, I. 137.

Current Citation

Tennyson, Alfred, Lord. "Locksley Hall." Alfred Tennyson: The Major Works, edited by Adam Roberts. Oxford University Press, 2009, I. 137.