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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Civilization, we shall find, like Universalism and Christianity, is anti evolutionary in its effects; it...

Civilization, we shall find, like Universalism and Christianity, is anti evolutionary in its effects; it...

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.

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

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

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...

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...

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...

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...

I am a rank individualist.

I am a rank individualist.

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...

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...

Tribal life comes automatically to an end when a primitive people begins to live in...

Tribal life comes automatically to an end when a primitive people begins to live in...

There are very few men and women in whom a Universalist feeling is altogether lacking;...

There are very few men and women in whom a Universalist feeling is altogether lacking;...

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,...

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...

The discovery of agriculture was the first big step toward a civilized life.

The discovery of agriculture was the first big step toward a civilized life.

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,...

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...

Before the discovery of agriculture mankind was everywhere so divided, the size of each group...

Before the discovery of agriculture mankind was everywhere so divided, the size of each group...

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

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

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.