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“We still do not know the mechanics of evolution in spite of the over-confident claims in some quarters, nor are we likely to make further progress in this by the classical methods of paleontology or biology; and we shall certainly not advance matters by jumping up and down shrilling, `Darwin is god and I, So-and-so, am his prophet'”

Knows Stills Matter Progress Evolution Claims Method Prophet Spite Biology Quarters Mechanic Jumping Up And Down Paleontology Over Confident

Author:Errol White

“There will always be those who want to make paintings of the human form with all its parts all where they should be, in spite of progress.”

Want Should Humans Form Humanity Progress Painting Spite Human Form

Author:Philip Pearlstein

“As the reflections of our pride upon our defects are bitter, disheartening, and vexatious, so the return of the soul towards God is peaceful and sustained by confidence. You will find by experience how much more your progress will be aided by this simple, peaceful turning towards God, than by all your chagrin and spite at .the faults that exist in you.”

Soul Spirituality Simple Progress Pride Return Reflection Faults Bitter Peaceful Spite Defects Chagrin Disheartening

Author:Francois Fenelon

“... all progress in knowledge takes place through the correction of that which has been received on authority ... without the huge body of traditional knowledge, accurate and inaccurate together, there would be nothing even to correct. Progress is not made in spite of authority, but by means of it.”

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Book:The Venture of Rational Faith

Source: The Venture of Rational Faith

“A ground frequently taken by Christian theologians is that the progress and civilization of the world are due to Christianity; and the discussion is complicated by the fact that many eminent servants of humanity have been nominal Christians, of one or other of the sects. My allegation will be that the special services rendered to human progress by these exceptional men have not been in consequence of their adhesion to Christianity, but in spite of it, and that the specific points of advantage to human kind have been in ratio of their direct opposition to precise Biblical enactments.”

Source: Has Humanity Gained from Unbelief?: Two Nights Debate Between Marsden Gibson and Charles Bradlaugh at Newcastle-on-Tyne

“Civilizations have come and gone and, in spite of our vaunted progress, I am tempted to ask again and again, 'To what purpose?'”

Purpose Asks Gone Progress Civilization Spite Again And Again Tempted

Book:The Mind of Mahatma Gandhi

Source: The Mind of Mahatma Gandhi

“The uniform, constant, and uninterrupted effort of every man to better his condition . . . is frequently powerful enough to maintain the natural progress of things toward improvement, in spite of the extravagance of government, and of the greatest errors of administration.”

Men Enough Government Natural Powerful Effort Progress Conditions Constant Errors Investing Improvement Every Man Administration Spite Uniforms Extravagance

Book:An inquiry into the nature and causes of the wealth of nations

Source: An inquiry into the nature and causes of the wealth of nations

“Let me tell you, never before in the history of this planet has anybody made the progress that African-Americans have made in a 30-year period, in spite of many black folks and white folks lying to one another.”

Years Made Lying Black White Progress Planets Periods Let Me Folks African American Spite

Author:Dick Gregory