It is just because civilization is ever evolving, changing, and becoming more complicated, that experts find it so difficult to define it in explicit terms.

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The main force used in the evolving world of humanity has hitherto been applied in...

The main force used in the evolving world of humanity has hitherto been applied in...

In a tribal organization, even in time of peace, service to tribe or state predominates...

In a tribal organization, even in time of peace, service to tribe or state predominates...

Reason has not tamed desire: it is as strong as ever.

Reason has not tamed desire: it is as strong as ever.

My personal conviction is that science is concerned wholly with truth, not with ethics.

My personal conviction is that science is concerned wholly with truth, not with ethics.

Good men, whether they be Christians or rationalists, do not desire to discriminate between races,...

Good men, whether they be Christians or rationalists, do not desire to discriminate between races,...

Universalism as an ideal is as old as nay, is probably much more ancient than...

Universalism as an ideal is as old as nay, is probably much more ancient than...

The proper balance between individual liberty and central authority is a very ancient problem.

The proper balance between individual liberty and central authority is a very ancient problem.

Under no stretch of imagination can war be regarded as an ethical process; yet war,...

Under no stretch of imagination can war be regarded as an ethical process; yet war,...

A drunkard is one thing, and a temperate man is quite another.

A drunkard is one thing, and a temperate man is quite another.

We shall never understand the ethical system taught by Jesus unless we realize that he...

We shall never understand the ethical system taught by Jesus unless we realize that he...

Nowhere is Universalism welcomed and encouraged by a people; everywhere governments have forced and are...

Nowhere is Universalism welcomed and encouraged by a people; everywhere governments have forced and are...

Tolerance is held to be a condition of mind which is encouraged by, and is...

Tolerance is held to be a condition of mind which is encouraged by, and is...

Man is by nature competitive, combative, ambitious, jealous, envious, and vengeful.

Man is by nature competitive, combative, ambitious, jealous, envious, and vengeful.

There are the further difficulties of building a population out of a diversity of races,...

There are the further difficulties of building a population out of a diversity of races,...

In every man there is an instinctive and passionate reaction if his person or liberty...

In every man there is an instinctive and passionate reaction if his person or liberty...

I prize the conditions under which I have lived because they have permitted me to...

I prize the conditions under which I have lived because they have permitted me to...

I am a rank individualist.

I am a rank individualist.

Civilization never stands still; if in one country it is falling back, in another it...

Civilization never stands still; if in one country it is falling back, in another it...

Christianity has not conquered nationalism; the opposite has been the case nationalism has made Christianity...

Christianity has not conquered nationalism; the opposite has been the case nationalism has made Christianity...

Whichever theory we adopt to give a rational explanation of human existence, that theory must...

Whichever theory we adopt to give a rational explanation of human existence, that theory must...