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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

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“The test of all beliefs is their practical effect in life. It be true that optimism compels the world forward, and pessimism retards it, them it is dangerous to propagate a pessimistic philosophy.”

Helen Keller · Optimism, 1903 · Primary source

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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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