“If a man has lived in a tradition which tells him that nothing can be done about his human condition, to believe that progress is possible may well be the greatest revolution of all.” IfsMenBelieveHumansWellsMayDoneProgressConditionsRevolutionTraditionHuman Condition Author:Barbara Ward, Baroness Jackson of Lodsworth
“The raw material from which social institutions are fashioned is always more or less recalcitrant and any human society will tend to produce a caricature of itself.” HumansSocialProduceMaterialsInstitutionsHuman SocietyRaw MaterialsCaricaturesSocial InstitutionsRecalcitrant Author:Barbara Ward, Baroness Jackson of Lodsworth
“There is no human failure greater than to launch a profoundly important endeavour and then leave it half done. This is what the West has done with its colonial system. It shook all the societies in the world loose from their old moorings. But it seems indifferent whether or not they reach safe harbour in the end.” WorldHumansImportantEndsDoneSeemsHalfGreaterSafeWestEmpiresIndifferentEndeavourHarbour Author:Barbara Ward, Baroness Jackson of Lodsworth
“[To the cultures of Asia and the continent of Africa] it is the Western impact which has stirred up the winds of change and set the processes of modernization in motion. Education brought not only the idea of equality but also another belief which we used to take for granted in the West-the idea of progress, the idea that science and technology can be used to better human conditions. In ancient society, men tended to believe themselves fortunate if tomorrow was not worse than today and anyway, there was little they could do about it.” IfsMenBelieveHumansLittlesIdeasTodayScienceUsedCultureBeliefProcessTechnologyProgressConditionsWindTomorrowAccountsImpactWestWesternAncientGrantedFortunateHuman ConditionContinentsAsiaScience And TechnologyModernizationWinds Of Change Author:Barbara Ward, Baroness Jackson of Lodsworth
“There is no human failure greater than to launch a profoundly important endeavour and then leave it half done.” HumansImportantDoneHalfGreaterEndeavour Author:Barbara Ward, Baroness Jackson of Lodsworth
