“Progress never defines its ultimate objective but thrusts its victims at once into an infinite series,' Mr. [John Crowe] Ransom said' 'Industrialism,' he declared, 'is rightfully a menial, of almost miraculous cunning, but no intelligence; it needs to be strongly governed, or it will destroy the economy of the household. Only a community of tough conservative habit can master it.” NeedsSaidCommunityEconomyProgressMastersHabitToughUltimateInfiniteVictimSeriesConservativeObjectivesHouseholdCunningMiraculousThrustRansom Author:Richard M. Weaver
“Two Seasons, it is said, exist- The Summer of the Just, And this of Ours, diversified With Prospect, and with Frost- May not our Second with its First So infinite compare That We but recollect the one The other to prefer?” FirstsMaySaidTwoSummerSeasonsInfiniteCompareJuneFrost Book:The Poems of Emily Dickinson Source: The Poems of Emily Dickinson
“Age could not wither nor custom stale her infinite monotony: in fact, neither Age nor Custom could do anything (as they said, their voices rising) with the American novelist Gertrude Johnson.” SaidFactsAgeVoiceInfiniteNovelistsRisingCustomsThey SaidJohnsonStaleMonotonyGertrude Book:Pictures from an Institution: A Comedy Source: Pictures from an Institution: A Comedy
“We are born to inquire after truth; it belongs to a greater power to possess it. It is not, as Democritus said, hid in the bottom of the deeps, but rather elevated to an infinite height in the divine knowledge.” SaidBornGreaterDivineInfiniteBottomHeightGreater Power Book:Montaigne's Essays: Top Essays Source: Montaigne's Essays: Top Essays
“More simply said, the finite does not add to the infinite but merely expresses the power of the infinite in a limited mode.” DoeSaidInfiniteAddFiniteSimply Said Author:David Bentley