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intrinsic importance and worth of life on earth.

intrinsic importance and worth of life on earth.

==Quote==

==Quote==

This ancient [[culture]] (China) has contributed much to [[human]] [[happiness]]; millions of human beings have lived and died, blessed by its achievements. For centuries this great [[civilization]] has rested upon the laurels of the past, but it is even now reawakening to en[[vision]] anew the goals of [[mortal]] [[existence]], once again to take up the unremitting struggle for never-ending '''progress'''.[http://mercy.urantia.org/cgi-bin/webglimpse/mfs/usr/local/www/data/papers?link=http://mercy.urantia.org/papers/paper79.html&file=/usr/local/www/data/papers/paper79.html&line=172#mfs]

This ancient [[culture]] (China) has contributed much to [[human]] [[happiness]]; millions of human beings have lived and died, blessed by its achievements. For centuries this great [[civilization]] has rested upon the laurels of the past, but it is even now reawakening to en[[vision]] anew the goals of [[mortal]] [[existence]], once again to take up the unremitting struggle for never-ending '''progress'''.[https://mercy.urantia.org/cgi-bin/webglimpse/mfs/usr/local/www/data/papers?link=https://mercy.urantia.org/papers/paper79.html&file=/usr/local/www/data/papers/paper79.html&line=172#mfs]

==Definition==

==Definition==

* I. The course or process of a series of actions, events, etc., through time; advancement through such a course.

* I. The course or process of a series of actions, events, etc., through time; advancement through such a course.

==External links and references==

==External links and references==

* Murray, Charles, [http://www.hooverdigest.org/013/murray.html The Idea of Progress: Once Again, with Feeling] ''from the [http://www.hooverdigest.org/ Hoover Digest]''

* Murray, Charles, [https://www.hooverdigest.org/013/murray.html The Idea of Progress: Once Again, with Feeling] ''from the [https://www.hooverdigest.org/ Hoover Digest]''

* Nisbet, Robert A., [http://oll.libertyfund.org/Essays/Bibliographical/Nisbet0190/Progress.html The Idea Of Progress], ''from the [http://oll.libertyfund.org/ Online Library of Liberty]''

* Nisbet, Robert A., [https://oll.libertyfund.org/Essays/Bibliographical/Nisbet0190/Progress.html The Idea Of Progress], ''from the [https://oll.libertyfund.org/ Online Library of Liberty]''

* Bury, J.B., 1920 [http://www.gutenberg.org/etext/4557 The Idea of Progress: An Inquiry into its Origin and Growth]'' from [http://www.gutenberg.org/ Project Gutenberg]''

* Bury, J.B., 1920 [https://www.gutenberg.org/etext/4557 The Idea of Progress: An Inquiry into its Origin and Growth]'' from [https://www.gutenberg.org/ Project Gutenberg]''

* Plato, ''[http://www.gutenberg.org/etext/1750 The Laws]'' (from [http://www.gutenberg.org/ Project Gutenberg])

* Plato, ''[https://www.gutenberg.org/etext/1750 The Laws]'' (from [https://www.gutenberg.org/ Project Gutenberg])

* Plato, ''[http://www.gutenberg.org/etext/1738 The Statesman]'' (from [http://www.gutenberg.org/ Project Gutenberg])

* Plato, ''[https://www.gutenberg.org/etext/1738 The Statesman]'' (from [https://www.gutenberg.org/ Project Gutenberg])

* St. Augustine, 426, [http://thirdmill.org/files/english/texts/ecf/npnf1.2.zip The City of God] from [http://www.thirdmill.org/ Third Millennium Ministries], [http://thirdmill.org/books/series.asp/category/bookssub8#ecf Early Church Fathers]

* St. Augustine, 426, [https://thirdmill.org/files/english/texts/ecf/npnf1.2.zip The City of God] from [https://www.thirdmill.org/ Third Millennium Ministries], [https://thirdmill.org/books/series.asp/category/bookssub8#ecf Early Church Fathers]

==References==

==References==

#Dodds, E. R., The Ancient Concept of Progress

#Dodds, E. R., The Ancient Concept of Progress