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The true test of civilization is, not the census, nor the size of cities, nor the crops—no, but the kind of man the country turns out.
Ralph Waldo Emerson Civilization · 1870

Quotes

“Civilization, as we know it, is a movement and not a condition, a voyage and not a harbour.”

Arnold J. Toynbee · Civilization on Trial, 1948 · Primary source

“I have thought a sufficient measure of civilization is the influence of good women.”

Ralph Waldo Emerson · Civilization, 1870 · Primary source

Authors

English historian · 1889-1975
Arnold J. Toynbee

Historian and public intellectual whose work ranged across world history, international affairs, religion and contemporary politics.

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Works

Ralph Waldo Emerson · 1870
Civilization

An examination of civilisation as social progress, considering cooperation, institutions, technology, labour, moral development and the conditions that support collective life.

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Historical change 3 Development 2 Continuity 2 Transformation 2 Character 20 Social progress 3 National development 1 Human quality 1 Women 1 Social influence 1 Moral character 1 Gender 1 Cooperation 2 Institutions 1 Moral development 2 A Study of History 1 Chatham House 1 International affairs 1 London School of Economics 1 University of Oxford 3