Page 5 - Ideal of Progress for Humanity

T h e f u t u r e r e p e l s u s e v e n w h i l e i t i r r e s i s t i b l y
The future repels us even while it irresistibly

a t t r a c t s . T h e r e p u l s i o n l i e s p a r t l y i n o u r o w n
attracts. The repulsion lies partly in our own

natural recoil from the unknown, because
n a t u r a l r e c o i l f r o m t h e u n k n o w n , b e c a u s e

e v e r y s t e p i n t o t h i s u n k n o w n i s a w a g e r
every step into this unknown is a wager

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