| 单词 | retrogression |
| 例句 | In the 1970s, under Brezhnev, the feeling was not merely of no progress but of retrogression. Spies: The Secret Showdown Between America and Russia 2019-10-01T00:00:00Z This duplicity is, as the museum called it, part of the American paradox: a museum that represents both stagnancy and change, advancement and retrogression, black America and the rest. The Smithsonian’s Black-History Museum Will Always Be a Failure and a Success 2019-10-24T04:00:00Z The son of a hydraulic engineer, he declared himself a supporter of a technical revolution that develops into a spiritual one: "All progress is retrogression if the process breaks man down." Andrei Voznesensky obituary 2010-06-03T18:01:00Z Fauna and flora are faithfully following "the emergent lines anticipated twenty years earlier", namely an accelerated counter-evolution, a retrogression into a world of lizards and rainforests under a Triassic sun. The Drowned World by JG Ballard 2012-07-13T07:00:07Z We are appalled at the retrogression on women's rights initiated by the Supreme Court overturning Roe v. Why California’s climate change and housing crises hit women hardest 2023-01-18T05:00:00Z “We don’t want a country of retrogression, corruption, thievery and disrespect for our religion,” he said. Bolsonaro vs. Lula: Brazil Faces a Stark Choice With Huge Stakes 2022-10-29T04:00:00Z “It was a decade that was marked by economic retrogression and ideological struggles.” ‘Moving Backward’: In Xi’s China, Some See an Era of Total Control 2022-10-17T04:00:00Z “Although the government’s bloody act is a retrogression of civilization, we hope citizens can be civilized and stop feeding the wildlife,” Wong said. Battle lines are drawn in Hong Kong’s boar war 2021-11-25T05:00:00Z The House restored Hispanic control of that other district, which would blunt accusations of unlawful “retrogression” of minority influence if the Senate accepts the change. Texas House finalizes gnarled US House map that gives GOP bounty from decade of Hispanic growth 2021-10-17T04:00:00Z “Because these states know that if they couldn’t disprove retrogression, it would go down in flames.” How a Defunct Federal Provision Helped Pave the Way for New Voting Restrictions 2021-08-26T04:00:00Z The fight to defend America’s openness, renewal and unity against Trump’s walls, retrogression and fracture is inseparable from the struggle to save the world from the creeping autocracy of the 21st century. Opinion | Au Revoir but Not Adieu 2020-11-14T05:00:00Z If we’re going to do something about this appalling retrogression on race, we probably need to be radical on both ends. The quiet death of racial progress 2018-07-13T04:00:00Z Many Americans regard Trump as a principal instigator of the country’s retrogression on race. Opinion | Trump mocks Martin Luther King’s dream 2018-04-06T04:00:00Z “It’s a historic retrogression,” said Li Datong, a former editor of China Youth Daily, a state newspaper. Xi cleared to rule indefinitely as China officially scraps term limits 2018-03-11T05:00:00Z “Yet all around us are signs of retrogression.” In Nigeria, Pressure Mounts on President to Bow Out of Race 2018-03-04T05:00:00Z It’s not yet too late to stop the retrogression of democracy in Central Europe, but doing so will require urgent and concerted action at the highest levels. Opinion | Democracy threatens to backslide in Romania 2017-12-29T05:00:00Z On “retrogression” in the evolution of the Phocinae and phylogenetic affinities of the monk seals. Incredible Elephant Seals, Part 2 2017-07-03T04:00:00Z This is not a path to retrogression or a future that we won't like. 100 Practical Ways to Reverse Climate Change “This is a restoration of the Cultural Revolution or another historical retrogression,” said another. Apple pulls New York Times app from China 2017-01-05T05:00:00Z The dismal situation in New York does not, of course, excuse the retrogression on voting rights that has taken place elsewhere in recent years, almost of all it initiated by Republicans. The Problem with Voting Rights in New York 2016-10-11T04:00:00Z Bernie will do his forceful gesticulating thing, conducting his verbal attack on the status quo and the forces of retrogression. Ready for prime time: The Barack, Bill, Hillary and Bernie show 2016-07-21T04:00:00Z Economic history is a story of progress and success, but also of retrogression and failure. How North Korea Became the World’s Worst Economy 2015-12-29T05:00:00Z And what is Sowell’s proof of this “retrogression”? That elite high schools such as Stuyvesant no longer boast as many black students as they used to. Here’s why poor people are poor, says a conservative black academic 2015-09-03T04:00:00Z But then you look 30 years after the 1960s revolution, and you see this palpable retrogression—of which I think the key one is the growth of the single-parent family.” The March of Foolish Things 2015-09-04T04:00:00Z EB-5 investor immigrant program: Chinese retrogression and a recent US Securities Commission crackdown on lawyers receiving commissions from regional centers. What's Trending In The U.S. EB-5 Investor Immigration World? 2015-05-21T04:00:00Z The act forbids “retrogression” in districts that favor minority candidates. Supreme Court hands win to opponents of Alabama redistricting plan 2015-03-25T04:00:00Z I believe this announcement is a precursor to an upcoming 2015 retrogression for Chinese investors. Shift In U.S. And Canadian Immigration Policy Will Affect Chinese And Other Investors Worldwide 2014-09-17T04:00:00Z That country’s economic retrogression during that era may help us understand the quandary that some parts of the world face today. Lesson From Old India: When an Economy Just Doesn’t Get Better 2014-08-22T04:00:00Z "But this time around we will not tolerate any unnecessary competition that will bring retrogression to this country." Did Nigerian splits help Boko Haram? 2014-01-31T12:28:37Z Section 5 also requires courts to review the law for retrogression, anything that would leave minority groups worse off than they were before the law's enactment. Florida voting rules discriminate, Justice Dept says 2012-06-21T23:16:14Z The law of Constantine concerning the sale of children was also a step, though perhaps a necessary step, of retrogression. History of European Morals From Augustus to Charlemagne (Vol. 2 of 2) 2012-04-27T02:00:34.267Z While retrogression does not prevent the investor from investing, nor from applying under the program, it will delay arrival times. Shift In U.S. And Canadian Immigration Policy Will Affect Chinese And Other Investors Worldwide 2014-09-17T04:00:00Z But I apprehend that retrogression can only occur where the environment of a living species is altered to its detriment. The Contemporary Review, Volume 36, November 1879 2012-04-25T02:01:12.830Z Of this I am fully persuaded, that the Churchmen of England are not prepared for such retrogression. Edward Hoare, M.A. A record of his life based upon a brief autobiography 2012-03-28T02:00:25.040Z He felt himself convicted of narrow-mindedness, of retrogression, of fogyism, and by way of disproving the charge he put up a defence that was disguised in the form of an attack. The White Terror and The Red A novel of revolutionary Russia 2012-03-18T02:00:21.430Z In one respect, indeed, a great retrogression resulted from chivalry, and long survived its decay. History of European Morals From Augustus to Charlemagne (Vol. 2 of 2) 2012-04-27T02:00:34.267Z The first case comprises forms of motion in which periodicity is only approximate, but in which, nevertheless, no retrogression in stability takes place; this case is illustrated by our solar system. A Review of the Systems of Ethics Founded on the Theory of Evolution 2012-03-17T02:01:00.033Z Politically, indeed, the whole period was one of retrogression and stagnation. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 13, Slice 8 "Hudson River" to "Hurstmonceaux" 2012-02-24T03:00:27.173Z Since those pregnant days, in spite of a seeming retrogression in some quarters, there has been a steady, unbroken march of the Negro in an upward direction. Unfettered A Novel 2012-02-12T03:00:15.143Z A Republican believes in progress; a Democrat in retrogression. The Works of Robert G. Ingersoll, Vol. 8 (of 12) Dresden Edition?Political 2012-02-11T03:03:48.503Z The influence of theatrical fashions and traditions, always in part changing and transitory, has been felt in every variation, advance, or retrogression of the acted drama. Tragedy 2012-01-31T03:00:19.343Z We may often notice the growth of altruistic from egoistic as well as of egoistic from altruistic motives, in ourselves; for retrogression as well as progression in altruism is possible with the individual. A Review of the Systems of Ethics Founded on the Theory of Evolution 2012-03-17T02:01:00.033Z On the whole it must be owned that, after a century of independence and self-government, the Haitian people have made no progress, if they have not actually shown signs of retrogression. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 12, Slice 7 "Gyantse" to "Hallel" 2011-12-26T03:00:11.613Z It is only at a later period that political history becomes the main object of attention, and almost the leading principle in the progressive march, and even the partial retrogressions of mankind. The Philosophy of History, Vol. 1 of 2 2011-12-24T03:07:59.623Z I appealed to his honesty and combated the cowardice that prompted retrogression. The Outcaste 2011-12-12T03:00:25.380Z This change from individual characters to abstract qualities has usually been regarded as a retrogression by modern students, who deem the study of the motives of individual men and women as essential to the drama. Tragedy 2012-01-31T03:00:19.343Z In one respect there is retrogression in the historical period. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 12, Slice 4 "Grasshopper" to "Greek Language" 2011-11-28T03:00:19.517Z They may even be committed to a policy that will cause eventual bankruptcy and an inevitable retrogression in the national development. The Social Evolution of the Argentine Republic 2011-11-24T03:00:43.903Z In the meantime, Agricola's successors in the study of ore deposits exhibited positive retrogression from the true fundamentals advocated by him. De Re Metallica, Translated from the First Latin Edition of 1556 2011-11-16T03:00:21.977Z Is not evolution, then, a retrogression from the perfect, because simple, to the more complicated, and therefore more fragile, more easily upset and less capable of resistance to harm? Morals and the Evolution of Man 2011-11-14T03:00:18.930Z In History he sees an endless cycle of progress and retrogression, analogous to the phenomena of human life. A Literary History of the Arabs 2011-11-13T03:00:15.660Z In our own day we have far advanced by a complete retrogression, and churches are mostly copies of one or other of the styles I have mentioned. Stones of the Temple Lessons from the Fabric and Furniture of the Church 2011-11-11T03:00:36.693Z With the accession of Frederick William IV., the Ultramontanes and the party of retrogression in the Protestant Church completely gained the ascendant. Creed And Deed A Series of Discourses 2011-10-12T02:00:40.147Z So that we see a retrogression from the random seedlings, furnishing twenty-five per cent, of good fruit, to only four or five per cent. in the third generation, that were worthy of note. American Pomology Apples 2011-10-03T02:00:29.477Z He regards it as a deliberate retrogression to an earlier stage. The Expositor's Bible: Colossians and Philemon 2011-09-09T02:01:07.157Z The invariable action of law of itself eliminates the unfit Progress is necessary to existence; extinction is the doom of retrogression. Supernatural Religion, Vol. I. (of III) An Inquiry into the Reality of Divine Revelation 2011-08-30T02:00:33.183Z How comical it would have been if such a retrogression had been allowed to proceed even for a generation? An Introduction to the History of Japan 2011-08-25T02:00:29.177Z But the very retrogression is a proof that there once was an opposite movement. The Moral and Intellectual Diversity of Races With Particular Reference to Their Respective Influence in the Civil and Political History of Mankind 2011-08-19T02:00:11.867Z Twelve years of almost silence; twelve years of Latin prayers; twelve years of communion and confession; twelve years of Roman convent-slavery; twelve years of retrogression. The Demands of Rome Her Own Story of Thirty-One Years as a Sister of Charity in the Order of the Sisters of Charity of Providence of the Roman Catholic Church 2011-08-18T02:00:21.113Z “This marks a retrogression,” Arturo Porzecanski, a professor of international economic policy at American University in Washington, said in a telephone interview. Defaulted Vitro Bond Ruling Signals Higher Yields: Mexico Credit 2011-08-17T12:12:03Z He was, however, too wise to utter a single word in opposition to Joe’s renewed course in moral retrogression. The Heart of Canyon Pass 2011-08-04T02:00:24.083Z In the animal world it illustrates adaptation only, but whether that adaptation involves what we choose to call progression or retrogression is a matter of indifference. A Grammar of Freethought 2011-07-30T02:00:13.083Z From the destruction of Rome until well-nigh ten centuries later was a period in which no advance in sanitation was made; on the contrary, retrogression was the keynote of the time. Household Administration Its Place in the Higher Education of Women 2011-07-20T02:00:13.547Z What wonder, then, at the retrogression of this facile and graphic art of pictorial illustration. Engraving for Illustration Historical and Practical Notes 2011-07-19T02:00:23.283Z And at first thought it might well seem that this reverence for the imperfect was a retrogression. The Teacher Essays and Addresses on Education 2011-07-19T02:00:17.220Z Every serious lapse means the retarding of promotion, or actual retrogression. In the Andamans and Nicobars The Narrative of a Cruise in the Schooner "Terrapin" 2011-06-30T02:00:24.487Z He points out that while degeneration and stagnation both occur in nature, yet— life has been on the whole progressive; but progress and retrogression have both been effected under the same law of Natural Selection. A Grammar of Freethought 2011-07-30T02:00:13.083Z The Crab, for instance, and the He-Goat, indicate its retrogression at the solstices. Astronomical Myths Based on Flammarions's History of the Heavens 2011-06-24T02:00:15.873Z Indeed, during such times the conduct shows a moral retrogression very noticeable when compared with the conduct before this occult development For this latter increases and intensifies all the temptations, as every occultist will admit. H. P. Blavatsky A Great Betrayal 2011-06-12T02:00:09.327Z The policy of all their succeeding legislation was that of mischievous retrogression; they sought to excel the old Whigs in their efforts to consolidate the aristocracy at the expense of the people. The Impeachment of The House of Brunswick 2011-05-31T02:00:34.353Z I did not feel the slightest enthusiasm about the aesthetics of the work, which appeared to me to be a retrogression to the out-of-date Beardsley cult. An Autobiography 2011-05-21T02:00:10.850Z True, the world is advancing, but with a motion which, compared with that which it might attain, is retrogression. A New Atmosphere 2011-05-20T02:00:35.903Z Each of the other planets had four, the extra one being added to account for their stations and retrogressions. Astronomical Myths Based on Flammarions's History of the Heavens 2011-06-24T02:00:15.873Z Even at the present point of retrogression, the cause of civilization and human improvement would lose nothing by their annihilation.” The Impending Crisis of the South How to Meet It 2011-05-10T02:00:59.100Z When an animal or plant attaches itself partly or wholly to another living being, and becomes more or less dependent upon the latter for support and nourishment, it exhibits, as a rule, retrogression and degeneration. Degeneracy Its Causes, Signs and Results 2011-05-02T02:00:17.657Z As the volition cannot make its motive, so neither can the volition make the cause of its motive, and so on in the retrogression of causes, back to the first cause. A Review of Edwards's 2011-04-27T02:00:19.047Z Indeed, at that moment, October 6, 1628, there might even seem to be a certain retrogression to the old methods, a certain neglect of the new doctrine, which seemed to have been faintly taken up. Aspects and Impressions 2011-04-12T02:00:22.073Z This secular retrogression brings it each year a little to the east of its former position, so that the sun arrives there about eleven minutes too soon. Astronomical Myths Based on Flammarions's History of the Heavens 2011-06-24T02:00:15.873Z From this standard rather has there been retrogression since that glorious decade when it was the Government of England. No Quarter! 2011-03-26T02:00:16.330Z The picture is the saddest of all the sad pictures of modern retrogression, with no prospect of the advent of a mind capable of suggesting the proper remedy. With the World's Great Travellers, Volume 3 2011-03-21T02:00:11.920Z If it pre-exist, then no change is required; if it do not; then we must seek still an antecedent motive, and so in endless retrogression. A Review of Edwards's 2011-04-27T02:00:19.047Z That would be a retrogression, after what I have seen him pass through. The Spell 2011-03-20T02:00:34.173Z Obedience to truth means progress; refusal to use truth means retrogression. A Rational Theology As Taught by the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints 2011-03-14T03:01:04.693Z Now the former has mounted to the very hill-top of Liberal aspiration; the latter sunk into the slough of a shameful retrogression! No Quarter! 2011-03-26T02:00:16.330Z In vivid contrast to this tale of retrogression, the Semitic tradition had risen again from subjugation and obscurity after a thousand years of darkness. A Short History of the World 2011-03-04T03:01:03.147Z She resented her imperceptible retrogression, and the resentment took the reckless form of a desire to go a step further. The Westerners 2011-02-14T03:00:39.347Z Yet I like to believe that the ages which have passed have marked an advance on all sides rather than a retrogression.” The Spell 2011-03-20T02:00:34.173Z If there is progression, there may also be retrogression; if there is good, there may be evil. A Rational Theology As Taught by the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints 2011-03-14T03:01:04.693Z This is as it should be—in spite of the apparent retrogression. The Cathedrals of Southern France 2011-02-10T03:00:54.597Z The universities of Britain were at this time in a state of educational retrogression, largely given over to a pedantic conning of the Latin and Greek classics. A Short History of the World 2011-03-04T03:01:03.147Z After that period, though changes in the organism still continue, they are retrogressive changes, and as such might fairly be excluded from any account of development, which clearly implies progression, not retrogression. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 9, Slice 3 "Electrostatics" to "Engis" 2011-02-06T03:00:53.093Z I remember too well how quick a certain Miss Cartwright was at school to grasp new ideas, and I have not noticed any serious retrogression since.” The Spell 2011-03-20T02:00:34.173Z These centuries have indeed been centuries of enslavement, but certainly not of debasement nor any form of retrogression. The Color Line A Brief in Behalf of the Unborn 2011-01-30T03:00:15.907Z It isn’t a new beginning for Schopenhauer to say we are descended from Hindus; it is just stupidity and mental retrogression. Boon, The Mind of the Race, The Wild Asses of the Devil, and The Last Trump; Being a First Selection from the Literary Remains of George Boon, Appropriate to the Times 2011-01-16T03:00:20.530Z In the face of active retrogression, the true Conservative, without becoming a Liberal, ranges himself with Liberals. A Short History of English Liberalism 2010-12-22T15:03:38.007Z If it really contained the key to his speed of retrogression it was probably the most important thing he had in the world. The Tower of Oblivion 2010-12-20T17:11:53.787Z That is, "If this be so, there must needs be changes, and retrogressions of the fixed stars." On the magnet, magnetick bodies also, and on the great magnet the earth a new physiology, demonstrated by many arguments & experiments This would result obviously in a slackening rate of increase, and then in a stationary condition, followed by slow numerical retrogression. The Color Line A Brief in Behalf of the Unborn 2011-01-30T03:00:15.907Z In one way, his third year was a retrogression, for he was nearer to the life of his first year than to his second. Sinister Street, vol. 2 "The progress of this community, in particular, looks to me like retrogression." The Progressionists, and Angela. He had certainly made his resolution at last, and had done so in a manner which would now leave him no power of retrogression. Ayala's Angel But the usual tendency of conservatism is to keep the brakes on all the time, causing either stagnation, retrogression, or a smash-up. The Library and Society Reprints of Papers and Addresses Still the play is in many respects inimitable; the manner in which the story is developed and unravelled renders it a model to young dramatists; nothing superfluous, nothing obscure, no needless retrogressions, no violent transitions. The Dramatic Works of G. E. Lessing Miss Sara Sampson, Philotas, Emilia Galotti, Nathan the Wise But though Socrates is thus a restorer of faith, we must not imagine that his thought is therefore a mere retrogression to the intellectual condition of pre-Sophistic times. A Critical History of Greek Philosophy War and peace are functions of the national life, steps in national progress or retrogression. American World Policies Every progress of production is at the same time a retrogression in the condition of the oppressed class, that is of the great majority. The Origin of the Family, Private Property and the State So in our own seventh day, the earlier part was a time of deplorable retrogression, and though the Sun of Righteousness has arisen, we have seen as yet only a dim and cloudy morning. The Origin of the World According to Revelation and Science It was a fearful period of anarchy and retrogression, under the baneful effects of which Germany still labours. The Dramatic Works of G. E. Lessing Miss Sara Sampson, Philotas, Emilia Galotti, Nathan the Wise The lower lake line is about 8000 ft.; it is lower to the north than to the south, owing to the different climate, and the different period of glacial retrogression. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 5, Slice 1 "Calhoun" to "Camoens" On the contrary, there may be said to have been retrogression. Women of America Woman: In all ages and in all countries Vol. 10 (of 10) In the thirties of the nineteenth century, however, there was again, in the so-called Young-German movement, a retrogression to the lax morality of the first romanticists. Women of the Teutonic Nations Woman: In all ages and in all countries Vol. 8 (of 10) These distinctions constitute the obstacles which explain the possibility of relative retrogression, up to the point of degeneracy and of the dissolution of an entire society. Essays on the Materialistic Conception of History The Mexicans are the type of this retrogression. The Galaxy, May, 1877 Vol. XXIII.—May, 1877.—No. 5. There are exceptions, qualifications, occasional retrogressions, but, taking it roughly, that is the history of English womanhood from wax fruit to Bakst designs. The Intelligence of Woman In this retrogression the status of the Indian woman participated, until in almost every tribe within the boundaries of our country she was reduced to the state of the merest beast of burden. Women of America Woman: In all ages and in all countries Vol. 10 (of 10) "It is a cruel thing to think of," she exclaims, "but it becomes every day more evident that peace means retrogression, and that we can only be regenerated by blood." Marie Antoinette and the Downfall of Royalty In a word, progress and retrogression are inherent in the conditions and the rhythm of social development. Essays on the Materialistic Conception of History The custom of exposing illegitimate offspring shows a retrogression from the standards of rugged chastity which were characteristic of the earlier period of the Anglo-Saxon settlement in Britain. Women of England "However, a freezer can be converted to a retrogression gun, and that's illegal." Forget Me Nearly That this loss was largely due to her own failure to advance, and her consequent retrogression, we have already seen, but circumstances were also largely responsible for the lapse of feminine prestige. Women of America Woman: In all ages and in all countries Vol. 10 (of 10) But this advance was self contradictory, it was at the same time a retrogression. Landmarks of Scientific Socialism "Anti-Duehring" But as these ideas are merely creations of man's own spirit,—fiction and unreal forms,—all the so-called progress made by Liberalism is regarded by Stirner as nothing else than increasing self-delusion and constant retrogression. Anarchism A Criticism and History of the Anarchist Theory In proportion as these are utilized or disregarded, so perhaps is retrogression induced or progress achieved. The Lords of the Ghostland A History of the Ideal The retrogression process had sharpened all his reactions—this one too. Forget Me Nearly Here also we find a cause of the retrogression of the Indian woman in all ways. Women of America Woman: In all ages and in all countries Vol. 10 (of 10) I would suggest, as also possible, that there may among some people, have been retrogressions, customs and habits found out as beneficial, and perhaps for long practised, have by some tribes been forgotten. The Position of Woman in Primitive Society A Study of the Matriarchy We hold in our hands the only power that can thwart the designs of the League and avert an era of tyranny and retrogression. The Angel of the Revolution A Tale of the Coming Terror Instead of insuring a retrogression, it causes further progress. Essentials of Economic Theory As Applied to Modern Problems of Industry and Public Policy It was a neat, vicious, little retrogression gun. e got it out and balanced it gingerly in his hand. Forget Me Nearly Instead of the progress for which one might look, if he should be of those who are convinced of the admirable effects of the introduction of our civilization, there was steady retrogression. Women of America Woman: In all ages and in all countries Vol. 10 (of 10) Thus the discovery of the compass, of printing, and of the steam-engine, have been epochs in human knowledge from which a start was made by all civilized nations, without retrogression. Inspiration and Interpretation Seven Sermons Preached Before the University of Oxford It was so done again before the second; and Germany, by a still more emphatic step of retrogression, returned the exile Laupepa to his native shores. The Works of Robert Louis Stevenson - Swanston Edition Vol. 17 (of 25) Hindered therein, rendered impossible to him through social institutions or prejudices, the consequence is that man is checked in the development of his being, is left to a stunted life and retrogression. Woman under socialism And there was now a fourth person: the psychologist who specialized in depriving retrogression victims of what few memories they had left. Forget Me Nearly That we do not, is because we are certain that retrogression and decadence would constitute a fatal mistake. Writings in the United Amateur, 1915-1922 His faith may prove a source of inspiration to reason and progressive life; it may prove the opposite, and lead to stagnation and retrogression. History of Human Society In it one may see the processes which affect the town and city communities; shifting of population, economic changes, educational improvement or retrogression and the processes of social life which express themselves in moral conditions. The Evolution of the Country Community A Study in Religious Sociology He who loves retrogression, seeing he finds his account therein, may also find satisfaction in the continuance of such a social stratum. Woman under socialism Crime was sometimes the road to opportunity, and retrogression could be kind. Forget Me Nearly Jo yielded the pole without a murmur, and the Mohawk applied it with a power and skill that made the retrogression much faster than was the progress in the other direction. The Wilderness Fugitives To stop on the borderland of savagery and advance no further, meant the retrogression of civilization. The Land of the Miamis An Account of the Struggle to Secure Possession of the North-West from the End of the Revolution until 1812 For the theory of our Simian origin at least involves progression in the past and perhaps salvation in the future of our race, while the "high original" theory involved our retrogression and perdition. Arrows of Freethought It cannot be too often repeated that sex-hatred means retrogression and not progress. The Truth About Woman The retrogression gun ionizes animal tissue, nerve cells particularly. Forget Me Nearly The retrogression of the fugitives had been detected, and the confederates on the bank toward which they were working their way were notified to be prepared for their coming. The Wilderness Fugitives A reversion to close imperialism would be for her a retrogression. Morals of Economic Internationalism Surely, this is no sign of retrogression but of tenacity. Cookery and Dining in Imperial Rome On the islands the blacks have been almost alone for a generation and by many it is claimed that there has been a decided retrogression. The Negro Farmer Theoretically it's possible to kill with the retrogression gun. Forget Me Nearly We are convinced that it will bring, not prosperity and peace, but bankruptcy and war, intolerance and social retrogression, robbery and spoliation, not only of the landlord but also of everybody else who has anything. Ireland as It Is And as It Would be Under Home Rule The subject is: 'That this house is of opinion that the moral and physical condition of mankind is in a state of retrogression.' Soldiers of the Queen All societies have had their epochs of progress and of retrogression. Diary from November 12, 1862, to October 18, 1863 Whereupon Ahmed Bey begins to knit his brows; Shakib shakes his head, biting his nether lip; and here and there in the audience is heard a murmur about retrogression and reaction. The Book of Khalid That's an administrative rule, not a law—that we don't try to trace retrogression victims. Forget Me Nearly What would the Irish say if Mr. Bull suggested this movement of retrogression? Ireland as It Is And as It Would be Under Home Rule Not the less for this, however, was the poet’s later conviction a riper, more advanced wisdom—not a retrogression. Recollections of a Tour Made in Scotland A.D. 1803 Is it not retrogression, or development at the expense of the loss of power to rise to the plane of unintelligent mind and life evolving nature? The Christian Foundation, Or, Scientific and Religious Journal, Volume I, No. 9. September, 1880 It is quite possible that in a dissolute age retrogression may set in and the ground be lost, in which case its recovery becomes the arduous task of a succeeding regenerate age. A Plea for the Criminal Being a reply to Dr. Chapple's work: 'The Fertility of the Unfit', and an Attempt to explain the leading principles of Criminological and Reformatory Science For certain crimes there is a prescribed penalty, retrogression. Forget Me Nearly The Morley Government puts a premium on idleness, unthrift, retrogression, and dishonesty. Ireland as It Is And as It Would be Under Home Rule It is easy now to see how the Copernican system explains the main features of planetary motion, the stations and retrogressions, quite naturally and without any complexity. Pioneers of Science Movement, whether of progress or of retrogression, can commonly be brought about only when the sentiments opposing it have been designedly weakened or have suffered a natural decay. Introduction to the Science of Sociology We all know we've been slowly slipping into retrogression ever since '63. Stopover In theology, on the contrary, I must accuse myself of retrogression, since, as I have already confessed, I returned to the old superstition—to a personal God. The Essays of "George Eliot" Complete If there be no retrogression, there can be no progression. The Gospel Day Or, the Light of Christianity By such curves the planetary stations and retrogressions could be explained. Pioneers of Science In some few cases there has been what we must call retrogression of organization. Introduction to the Science of Sociology While Jamaica is the single instance of retrogression, she affords also the solitary example of non-immigration. Cotton is King, and Pro-Slavery Arguments Comprising the Writings of Hammond, Harper, Christy, Stringfellow, Hodge, Bledsoe, and Cartrwright on This Important Subject Yours not to wait for a foe's retrogression, Yours not to heed the belligerents' fate; You're higher up in the writer's profession; Perish "receiving," 'tis yours to create. Punch or the London Charivari, Vol. 147, October 7, 1914 Occasional advance is the outcome, but so also is frequent retrogression. The Spirit of American Government A Study Of The Constitution: Its Origin, Influence And Relation To Democracy His first instrument was a jointed ruler with sights for fixing the position of planets with respect to the stars, and observing their stations and retrogressions. Pioneers of Science Some of these indications look towards progress, others look towards retrogression. Introduction to the Science of Sociology But so far as our experience goes, this development is not permanent, but is liable to retrogression as soon as the influence of the superior race is removed. Cotton is King, and Pro-Slavery Arguments Comprising the Writings of Hammond, Harper, Christy, Stringfellow, Hodge, Bledsoe, and Cartrwright on This Important Subject Luckily, the old horse, making a fresh retrogression, caused the couguar again to advance along the log, in the same creeping attitude as before. The Wild Huntress Love in the Wilderness But if it is such as to place them at a disadvantage, retrogression, not progress, is the outcome. The Spirit of American Government A Study Of The Constitution: Its Origin, Influence And Relation To Democracy These "stations" and "retrogressions" of the planets were well known to the ancients. Pioneers of Science In all these attempts to measure the progress of the community the indices have invariably shown progression in some direction, retrogression in others. Introduction to the Science of Sociology A mere change in itself does not imply either progress or retrogression. Great Pianists on Piano Playing Study Talks with Foremost Virtuosos. A Series of Personal Educational Conferences with Renowned Masters of the Keyboard, Presenting the Most Modern Ideas upon the Subjects of Technic, Interpretation, Style and Expression With such advocates there can be no retrogression of Woman's Rights. History of Woman Suffrage, Volume I Both progress and retrogression are a process of adaptation, and their cause must be sought, not in the principle of competition itself, but in the general external conditions to which it enforces conformity. The Spirit of American Government A Study Of The Constitution: Its Origin, Influence And Relation To Democracy The world was not yet ripe for his advanced ideas, hence when the work lost the support of his strong personality, its effects soon became obliterated, and a retrogression of civilization resulted. History of Education Is there real cause for alarm because of a moral retrogression of our society? The Legacy of Ignorantism It would not be liable to change of any kind, whether progress or retrogression. A History of Mediaeval Jewish Philosophy For another week, perhaps ten days or more, since time measurement had lost its meaning, Cal lived among the colonists, watched their complete retrogression into a state of unawareness. Eight Keys to Eden From the moral point of view it is a decided retrogression. Christianity and Greek Philosophy or, the relation between spontaneous and reflective thought in Greece and the positive teaching of Christ and His Apostles He was a degenerate 136 of the worst type; for he was a man who had slowly receded from a life of refinement, and mental retrogression finds painful expression on such a face. The Watchers of the Plains A Tale of the Western Prairies Hopi architecture and masonry shows marked retrogression from the splendid types of the Mesa Verde. The Book of the National Parks A striking example of this retrogression of nitrogen seems to be afforded in the case of farmyard manure. Manures and the principles of manuring If our taste improves in some respects, it does not in this; it is a retrogression—a royal theatre sinking back into the booth of a fair. Notes and Queries, Number 206, October 8, 1853 A Medium of Inter-communication for Literary Men, Artists, Antiquaries, Genealogists, etc. Natural science calls retrogression of species, which shows signs of a former state already overcome, atavism. Mother Earth, Vol. 1 No. 1, March 1906 It is no use denying that the last half-year has been one of retrogression. Lord Milner's Work in South Africa From its Commencement in 1897 to the Peace of Vereeniging in 1902 Through the seventies and into the eighties this retrogression continued. The Naval History of the United States Volume 2 On the other hand, a group of species that has appeared late may be a group of degenerates; but, for that, some special cause of retrogression must have intervened. Creative Evolution It seemed for a few years as if the process of assimilation between Germans and Romans was going to make rapid progress without involving any considerable period of disorder and retrogression. An Introduction to the History of Western Europe The cause for this retrogression was the love of migratory life which is characteristic of the American race. Footprints in the Forest In some cases, however, there is eventually a tendency to spontaneous retrogression, up to a certain point at least. Essentials of Diseases of the Skin Including the Syphilodermata Arranged in the Form of Questions and Answers Prepared Especially for Students of Medicine These retrogressions in school and university serve to show how exceedingly difficult it is to contrive any system of education, middle or upper, which will work itself when the contrivers pass from the scene. The Great Events by Famous Historians, Volume 11 She everywhere presents disorder alongside of order, retrogression alongside of progress. Creative Evolution Does all this represent no retrogression?—is it not the backward movement of the shadow on the dial? The Shadow On The Dial, and Other Essays 1909 If these similarities of structure in the germ had any bearing on the subject, they would indicate the possibility only of retrogression in the scale. A Theory of Creation: A Review of 'Vestiges of the Natural History of Creation' There were retrogressions to speak of things which I had forgotten, and many corrections where I had slightly misquoted Miss Spinner, Mr. Smiley, or some other equally unimportant person. David Malcolm Dr. Kline thinks that retrogression and regression alter perceptions and feelings, and, in the case of the latter, causes us to go backward in time to the point where re-education may be employed. A Practical Guide to Self-Hypnosis Of course, it would be necessary to apply a great many restrictions to this formula—for example, to allow for the cases of degradation and retrogression in which the nervous system passes into the background. Creative Evolution From that time, slowly at first, but without retrogression, the membership has risen to its present point, numbering eighteen thousand. The New England Magazine, Volume 1, No. 2, February, 1886. The Bay State Monthly, Volume 4, No. 2, February, 1886. You go on so fast, so smoothly, so easily on the forward course—why not in retrogression? The International Magazine, Volume 2, No. 2, January, 1851 The period of retrogression is known in history as the Dark Ages. Jesus the Christ A Study of the Messiah and His Mission According to Holy Scriptures Both Ancient and Modern But in reality there is no retrogression; for with Lyly allegory is not an ethical instrument. John Lyly It is, however, by no means difficult to show that a real progression in the scale of organization is perfectly consistent with all the appearances, and even with apparent retrogression, should such occur. Contributions to the Theory of Natural Selection A Series of Essays The best men, the wisest, the most unselfish, and above all, the men of the most profound integrity and uprightness, must take the helm or retrogression will be the inevitable result. Masterpieces of Negro Eloquence The Best Speeches Delivered by the Negro from the days of Slavery to the Present Time Did the success of their preaching mean progress or retrogression from the standard of the ancient Roman faith? The Oriental Religions in Roman Paganism Either he will ally himself with all that makes for moral advancement—his own, that of others, and consequently of the world—or he will fight for the powers of retrogression and decay. Morality as a Religion An exposition of some first principles This period accordingly corresponded with a definite moral retrogression in the ethical condition of the Russian people. Maxim Gorki Thus every case of apparent retrogression may be in reality a progress, though an interrupted one: when some monarch of the forest loses a limb, it may be replaced by a feeble and sickly substitute. Contributions to the Theory of Natural Selection A Series of Essays No generation can say what it has been doing; it has not made the state of things better or worse; for retrogression there is hardly room; for progress, no sort of material. Historical Sketches, Volume I (of 3) The Turks in Their Relation to Europe; Marcus Tullius Cicero; Apollonius of Tyana; Primitive Christianity Newspaper writing should, therefore, deal with progress rather than with retrogression. Practical English Composition: Book II. For the Second Year of the High School But that hour of retrogression and decay shall never sound for humanity. Morality as a Religion An exposition of some first principles In opposition to Naegeli he maintains that this "organic growth" does not always aim at perfection but often tends to simplification and retrogression. At the Deathbed of Darwinism A Series of Papers With each of them thought is an aspiration, and justice a sentiment, and society a retrogression. Critical Miscellanies, Vol. I Essay 2: Carlyle But the further development of capitalism has been marked by steady retrogression. Socialism As It Is A Survey of The World-Wide Revolutionary Movement With them we enter on an epoch of constitutional retrogression in which the slow work of the age that went before it was rapidly undone. History of the English People, Volume III The Parliament, 1399-1461; The Monarchy 1461-1540 Halting progress, to say nothing of retrogression, was an unthinkable crime to him. A Slave is a Slave But let us proceed to a consideration of the other reasons which Wagner suggests as an explanation of the retrogression of Darwinism. At the Deathbed of Darwinism A Series of Papers The moral and social retrogression indicated in this item of the Comptroller’s report is thrown into bold relief by another item, the expenditures for schools. The Arena Volume 4, No. 21, August, 1891 Similar to the retrogression of scientific thought, traced in former chapters, is the corresponding retrogression in philosophic thought. The Necessity of Atheism It marks no advance on Björnson's previous work in the same line; but perhaps rather a retrogression. Essays on Scandinavian Literature But every episode carries us forward, and retrogressions are unable to undo that progress. History of Dogma, Volume 1 (of 7) This is exactly what we also maintain: The establishment of the theory of Descent in general, and the continual retrogression of Darwinism in particular. At the Deathbed of Darwinism A Series of Papers Certainly in comparison with the first report of Mr. Wright’s Massachusetts incumbency, the present one indicates a retrogression as marked as it is injurious. The Arena Volume 4, No. 21, August, 1891 It is true that slavery existed under Pagan civilization, but there it represented a phase of social development, while Christian slavery stood for a deliberate retrogression in social life. The Necessity of Atheism In human evolution, the nature of this environment will determine whether adaptation to it means progress or retrogression, whether it leaves a race happier and more productive, or the reverse. Applied Eugenics The compositions of this period constitute an artistic retrogression rather than an advance. Musical Portraits Interpretations of Twenty Modern Composers While there was an assimilation of the Voetians to the Cocceians in the application of the allegorical principle of interpretation, there was a moral retrogression of the latter which greatly reduced their strength. History of Rationalism Embracing a Survey of the Present State of Protestant Theology It is this disorganization which turns the source of our finest reinforcement into a means of demoralization and temporary retrogression. The Arena Volume 4, No. 21, August, 1891 But as Christianity took control of the world instead of a steady progression of knowledge in this field there was a distinct retrogression. The Necessity of Atheism They cause progress and they also cause retrogression. Tablets of Abdul-Baha Abbas In this material world time has cycles; places change through alternating seasons, and for souls there are progress, retrogression and education. Some Answered Questions A tree can live solitary and alone, but this is impossible for man without retrogression. The Promulgation of Universal Peace In all other essential respects save one, the decade was a period of retrogression for New York City. The Arena Volume 4, No. 21, August, 1891 In the world of spirit there is no retrogression. Paris Talks This retrogression comes from the fact that the principles of divine civilization are completely abandoned, and the teachings of the prophets are forgotten. Bahá’u’lláh and the New Era But would this really be an advance, or a retrogression? The Friendships of Women This is the cause of its retrogression into the appetites and passions of the animal kingdom. The Promulgation of Universal Peace More shameful still is this retrogression when the item of police expenditure is considered, for this exceeds outright the appropriation for the Department of Education, and has grown more rapidly than the expenditure for schools. The Arena Volume 4, No. 21, August, 1891 If one would know the story of Woman's evolution and retrogression—that rising and falling tide in civilisation—we commend a study of her as she is presented in Art. Woman as Decoration Furthermore the passage of nature enables us to know that one direction along the series corresponds to passage into the future and the other direction corresponds to retrogression towards the past. The Concept of Nature The Tarner Lectures Delivered in Trinity College, November 1919 If not, have we yet arrived at the moment when retrogression becomes a foregone conclusion? Post-Prandial Philosophy What weakness, what degeneracy, what dwindling of power for good and retrogression of thought and aim would be the consequence of permanent division! The Continental Monthly, Vol. 5, No. 1, January, 1864 The Egyptian pyramids and the catacombs of Rome centuries ago were not poorer in healthful light and air than were these homes of our fellow-citizens in our own decade of retrogression. The Arena Volume 4, No. 21, August, 1891 The orthodox thesis and the socialist thesis confronted by the theory of evolution.The law of apparent retrogression and collective ownership.The social evolution and individual liberty.Evolution.—Revolution.—Rebellion.—Violence. Socialism and Modern Science (Darwin, Spencer, Marx) The former makes for progress, the latter for retrogression. The Practice and Theory of Bolshevism The political weakness which resulted from this allowed Europe to be overrun by peoples organized in clans and tribes, and for some time there was a partial retrogression toward the disorder characteristic of primitive ages. The Destiny of Man Viewed in the Light of His Origin She is the sister of Ramboasalama, and probably represents the party of retrogression. The Continental Monthly, Vol. 5, No. 1, January, 1864 And is the growth of such poverty, not retrogression? The Arena Volume 4, No. 21, August, 1891 Therefore it is called the law of apparent retrogression, and this removes all force from the objection that socialism would be a "return to primitive barbarism." Socialism and Modern Science (Darwin, Spencer, Marx) The world is very impatient of apparent retrogression; it hurts its egotism. The Young Man and the World War is old--atavistic, a confession of failure, evidence of retrogression. Class of '29 The Professor's hope, as has been explained, was that his own retrogression had disconcerted the plans of this special miscreant for whom, however, he kept a keen watch. The Land of Mystery To shun the retrogression To any sort of office job; I'd jest as a profession And burst upon the world a new Satirical rebuker, Acquiring fame and maybe too A modicum of lucre. Punch, or the London Charivari, Volume 159, July 7th, 1920 This law of apparent retrogression proves that the reversion of social institutions to primitive forms and types is a fact of constant recurrence. Socialism and Modern Science (Darwin, Spencer, Marx) Political retrogression was no longer to bar national progress. The History of England From the Accession of Henry III. to the Death of Edward III. (1216-1377) Whether he realised this retrogression himself it is difficult to say. Cecil Rhodes Man and Empire-Maker However, the century and a half that succeeded the English colonization of south-eastern Britain were, no doubt, a time of great retrogression towards barbarism, as everywhere else in Romanised Europe. Science in Arcady Thirdly, because the apparent retrogression of objects is sometimes one way, and sometimes another, yet the rolling of the eyeballs is the same. Zoonomia, Vol. I Or, the Laws of Organic Life "We know nothing that exhibits in so brief a compass the extraordinary vicissitudes of human progress and retrogression since the dawn of history." Rough Stone Monuments and Their Builders Yet a remedy for Henry's misrule was only found because the age of political retrogression was in all other fields of action an epoch of unexampled progress. The History of England From the Accession of Henry III. to the Death of Edward III. (1216-1377) I can see the artistic retrogression of those who are using the wire E, for when materially things are made easier, spiritually there is a loss. Violin Mastery Talks with Master Violinists and Teachers These are hints employed by therapy in order to bring about a retrogression of accomplished repressions. Dream Psychology Psychoanalysis for Beginners Time cannot be avoided, and there is no retrogression in its course. The Mahabharata of Krishna-Dwaipayana Vyasa, Volume 3 Books 8, 9, 10, 11 and 12 The retrogression of the stress is in these instances well established, and we cannot quarrel with it; but against some very recent instances a protest may be made. Society for Pure English Tract 4 The Pronunciation of English Words Derived from the Latin Here, as on the west coast, disintegration and retrogression followed, for as the American traffic lessened, the Arabian traffic increased. The Negro The church, which had hitherto been a teacher and guide, became the champion of barbarism and the genius of retrogression. A History of English Prose Fiction A curse rested upon all labor; and even now, after four thousand years of vacillating progress and retrogression, it lingers still. Women Wage-Earners Their Past, Their Present, and Their Future The sinfulness of any deed depends, therefore, on this theory, on the extent in which it involves retrogression from the point we have achieved: failure to correspond with the light we possess. The Life of the Spirit and the Life of To-day But retrogression was never yet the way of progress. The Unity of Civilization Culture is the accumulation of the results of activity, and culture could go on improving for a certain time even if there were a retrogression in intelligence. Sex and Society It is a well known fact among breeders of animals that where animals are too highly or finely bred, the eye is the organ first to show a retrogression from the normal. Scientific American Supplement No. 822, October 3, 1891 And even if there be a main line of march, advance seems to alternate with retreat, progress with retrogression. The Whence and the Whither of Man A Brief History of His Origin and Development through Conformity to Environment; Being the Morse Lectures of 1895 This brutal, idiotic step of Corson's looks like a final plunge; a fatal fall; a hopeless retrogression. The Redemption of David Corson The result of such an assumption is an obvious disintegration both of language and artistic effort, a mere retrogression from the classical method. Aspects of Literature The answer is unwavering; retrogression is not in the creative plan. A Handbook to the Works of Browning (6th ed.) But besides the series, coherence and dependence of the several parts of the book, precluding such retrogression, this interpretation overthrows the scriptural distinction between the militant and triumphant state of the church. Notes on the Apocalypse It was very late in arriving at the period of rapid development, but it kept on after all the other organs of the body had settled down into comparative rest, perhaps retrogression. The Whence and the Whither of Man A Brief History of His Origin and Development through Conformity to Environment; Being the Morse Lectures of 1895 The British Parliament has perhaps most nearly approached it, but already shows signs of retrogression. Proportional Representation Applied To Party Government True, it was a factor in checking the rapid rate of expansion of unionism, but it scarcely compelled a retrogression from ground already conquered. A History of Trade Unionism in the United States After the brave decisions to which he had come, decisions which he might have put into execution, it was a call backward, a retrogression. The Street Called Straight In the writs for the elections to the Commons there had been a very remarkable retrogression from the practice of Oliver for his two Parliaments. The Life of John Milton, Volume 5 (of 7), 1654-1660 Failure to advance, especially in higher forms, results in extinction or retrogression. The Whence and the Whither of Man A Brief History of His Origin and Development through Conformity to Environment; Being the Morse Lectures of 1895 Everything that has since been done has only been in the direction of retrogression, of injury to the text. Books and Habits from the Lectures of Lafcadio Hearn Thought is at the bottom of all progress or retrogression, of all success or failure, of all that is desirable or undesirable in human life. What All The World's A-Seeking The Vital Law of True Life, True Greatness Power and Happiness The evolutionist sees in them familiar symptoms of a retrogression which rarely ends but in one way. Queed It seems amazing now that this vast retrogression should have been so quietly accepted. The Life of John Milton, Volume 5 (of 7), 1654-1660 The reviewer is, as he informs us, "far from regarding this tendency, unfavorable as it is to present progress, as a sign of social retrogression." Letters on International Copyright; Second Edition Sir Charles might well experience shame for this retrogression of one of his own class, the broken obligations of nobility; the traditions shattered. Half A Chance On the trial-trip the railroad president kept close to the door, meaning, in the case of possible discomfiture and retrogression, to take to the woods! Lippincott's Magazine of Popular Literature and Science Volume 12, No. 31, October, 1873 There is no hard and fast line between one age or period and another, and in no age is either progress or retrogression universal in all things. African and European Addresses The higher stages of the "I" consciousness come gradually, for once on the Path there is no retrogression or going backward. A Series of Lessons in Raja Yoga Germany yields to this temporary retrogression because she has to do with people of an inferior culture who must be taught a lesson, and must be spoken to in a language which they understand. New York Times, Current History, Vol 1, Issue 1 From the Beginning to March, 1915 With Index But the better part of the young man rebelled at this retrogression. The Evolution of Dodd Antonyms: retreat, retrogression, decline, retrogradation, deterioration. advance, v. progress, increase; promote, elevate; enhance, augment. Putnam's Word Book What improvements there had been had been in degree only and not in kind; and in some respects there had been retrogression rather than advance. African and European Addresses "If you are right, Lord Dorminster," he pronounced presently, "the world has rolled backwards these last ten years, and we who have failed to mark its retrogression may have a terrible responsibility thrust upon us." The Great Prince Shan Moreover, the discovery of America and the resulting slave-trade were the cause of Portugal's retrogression to the point whence she had started in Prince Henry's time. Lippincott's Magazine of Popular Literature and Science Volume 17, No. 097, January, 1876 These agitators spoke so loudly and rashly that the ire of the old religious leaders, the higher Moullas, men of learning and tranquil temper, who had not joined the party of retrogression, was roused. Persia Revisited As in Egypt, so too in Babylonia, the sculpture of later times shows retrogression rather than advance. Early Israel and the Surrounding Nations Throughout this immense period form succeeds form, type succeeds type, in obedience to laws of evolution, of progress and retrogression, of development and death, which we as yet understand only in the most imperfect manner. African and European Addresses But before it is possible to point out the nature of this difference, and to show that the change is a natural growth of thought, not a mere retrogression, a few explanatory remarks are necessary. Elizabethan Demonology It interests scholars to trace the evolutions of religious faiths, but it might be not less suggestive to study the retrogression of religion into superstition. Abraham Lincoln, Volume I The conquest of Britain by the Anglo-Saxons, begun in 449, seemed at first to promise only retrogression and the ruin of an existing civilization. Library of the World's Best Literature, Ancient and Modern — Volume 2 From the point of view of art, such novels as those of Victor Hugo and the early works of George Sand were a retrogression from those of the eighteenth century. Landmarks in French Literature With all its arrogance among us, machinery is always final in itself; incapable of change; incapable of progression or retrogression. Analyzing Character The history of nations, the lives of individual men, are stripped, in this view, of all interest and meaning; nowhere is there advance or retrogression, nowhere better or worse, nowhere sense or consistency at all. The Meaning of Good—A Dialogue Let him come and try his eloquence on his cousin,—only let it first be ascertained, as an assured fact, and beyond the possibility of all retrogression, that the squire's villainy was certain. Mr. Scarborough's Family Dramatically the piece is somewhat of a retrogression, but it is interesting from the characters introduced in pastoral guise. Pastoral Poetry and Pastoral Drama A Literary Inquiry, with Special Reference to the Pre-Restoration Stage in England It was a period of change, of hesitation, of retrogression even; and yet, below these doubtful, conflicting movements, a great new development was germinating, slowly, surely, and almost unobserved. Landmarks in French Literature But constant watchfulness is needed in order to prevent retrogression in this matter. Women Workers in Seven Professions The advance of inequality necessarily brings improvement to a halt, and as it still persists or provokes unavailing reactions, draws even upon the mental power necessary for maintenance, and retrogression begins. English Prose A Series of Related Essays for the Discussion and Practice Few observers can see beyond this temporary retrogression into the future for which it is a preparation. The Winning of the West, Volume 4 Louisiana and the Northwest, 1791-1807 After centuries of warfare and the steady retrogression, in the waste of blood and treasure and loyalty, of modern civilisation, two empires, England and Germany, or America and China, may remain. Human Nature in Politics Third Edition But this, as would appear from the history of the science, is a mere retrogression towards the rudeness of its earlier stages. The Grammar of English Grammars Human history is so rich and complicated that you can make out a case for any course of improvement or retrogression. All Things Considered Here is the law of progress, which will explain all diversities, all advances, all halts, and retrogressions. English Prose A Series of Related Essays for the Discussion and Practice I have, in the preceding pages, shown the retrogression of some parts of the West Indies, since the passing of the Emancipation and Sugar-Duty Acts. Lands of the Slave and the Free Cuba, the United States, and Canada The result was a retrogression from the point reached by his immediate predecessors to the vicious system followed by the pseudo-Gothic architects in Italy. The Life of Michelangelo Buonarroti Behold the retrogression of those lands Whence painting, sculpture and the drama sprung; See starved Trinacria's outstretched, empty hands, And all the classic shores by Homer sung! Poems In fact, if the machine-building trade were in retrogression, with only a few new men being taken in there would be little or no excuse for making machine tools of new design. Industrial Progress and Human Economics But this main fact makes intelligible all the phenomena of petrifaction and retrogression. English Prose A Series of Related Essays for the Discussion and Practice But from its point of view all change, evolution, progress retrogression, sin, pain, or any other good or evil is local, finite, partial; while the infinite coordination of such infinitesimal movements make one eternal peace. Pantheism, Its Story and Significance Religions Ancient and Modern Yet it may be wrong to regard this period as one of stagnation or retrogression. The Dominion of the Air; the story of aerial navigation Any retrogression from the standard of living which we are accustomed to regard as worthy in this respect is felt to be a grievous violation of our human dignity. Theory of the Leisure Class Not if it was the Koh-I-noor; those few whacking stones are too well known, and to cut them up is to decrease their value by arithmetical retrogression. Raffles, Further Adventures of the Amateur Cracksman Where this power of peaceable association is broken up, either by external assaults or internal dissensions, the advance ceases and retrogression begins. English Prose A Series of Related Essays for the Discussion and Practice Petrifaction as in China, retrogression begotten of luxury as in Athens, submersion beneath an avalanche of human debris as in Rome, ignorance-breeding despoliation as in Ireland—these be the lions in the path of civilization. Brann the Iconoclast — Volume 01 It was so done again before the second; and Germany, by a still more emphatic step of retrogression, returned the exile Laupepa to his native shores. A Footnote to History Eight Years of Trouble in Samoa But there are groups—some of them apparently not the result of retrogression—which show the traits of primitive savagery with some fidelity. Theory of the Leisure Class The Negro cannot stand the present reactionary tendencies and unreasoning drawing of the color-line indefinitely without discouragement and retrogression. The Souls of Black Folk Mining discoveries and progress, retrogression and decay, seem to have been crowded more closely against each other here than on any other portion of the globe. Steep Trails California, Utah, Nevada, Washington, Oregon, the Grand Canyon The twenty-two years of Haitian rule marked a period of social and economic retrogression for the old Spanish portion of the island. Santo Domingo A Country with a Future The same advance or retrogression that appears in Carlyle's Politics is traceable in his Religion; though it is impossible to record the stages of the change with even an equal approach to precision. Thomas Carlyle But while retrogression is difficult, a fresh advance in conspicuous expenditure is relatively easy; indeed, it takes place almost as a matter of course. Theory of the Leisure Class Meantime, new thoughts came to the nation: the inevitable period of moral retrogression and political trickery that ever follows in the wake of war overtook us. The Souls of Black Folk All the other winds above described are deflections or retrogressions of some parts of these currents of air from the north or south. The Botanic Garden A Poem in Two Parts. Part 1: the Economy of Vegetation By great retrogression back to the source of darkness in me, the Self, deep in the senses, I arrive at the Original, Creative Infinite. Twilight in Italy Changes of growth are effected by those apparent hardships to which life is subject; and progression in new directions is effected by retrogression in previous modes of growth. The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 01, No. 03, January, 1858 In other respects, some temporary retrogression is to be looked for. Kokoro Japanese Inner Life Hints After all, evolution is not progress and development, but retrogression and deterioration as well. The Evolution of Man Scientifically Disproved In 50 Arguments We gain by losing the visible Christ; and He was proclaiming progress and not retrogression, when He said: 'In that day ye shall ask Me no more questions.' Expositions of Holy Scripture: St. John Chaps. XV to XXI That 'now we see Him not' is advance on the position of His first disciples, not retrogression. Expositions of Holy Scripture St. Luke The very building seemed to be the embodiment of retrogression and blind superstition. The Shadow of the East Such retrogression will be natural as well as necessary: it will mean nothing more than a recuperative preparation for stronger and loftier efforts. Kokoro Japanese Inner Life Hints If sin marks progress or advancement, of course, its cure would be retrogression. The Evolution of Man Scientifically Disproved In 50 Arguments The country is wearied with the present men, who have no philosophical foundation, and are therefore perpetually puzzled and inconsistent, and the country will not stand the old men, as it is resolved against retrogression. Endymion What would you say if learned geologists Out of the rocks and caverns should unfold The skulls of greater races, records, books To shame us for our day, could we behold Therein our retrogression? Toward the Gulf We have begun a slow retrogression; in plain words, we are lowering our standards, we are tapering down to a general zero. Shallow Soil Everything was marked by stagnation and retrogression: the people are habitans, the clergy curés. The Englishwoman in America According to the laws of biometry, ought we not to find a retrogression of sections of the human race, who would sport simian tails and be clothed with simian hair? The Evolution of Man Scientifically Disproved In 50 Arguments This atavistic movement, this retrogression towards primevalism, must have possessed a certain charm, for it attracted vast multitudes; it was only hemmed, at last, by a physical obstacle. Old Calabria This kind of retrogression is possible for one who after reaching the human plane goes backward on account of wicked thoughts and deeds on the animal plane. Five Lectures on Reincarnation Let us not think of the possibility of exposing ourselves again to civil war as an alternative against retrogression into barbarism. An American Politician Progression and retrogression are narrowly linked everywhere, and the same laws govern the abundance of forms in cultivated and in wild plants. Species and Varieties, Their Origin by Mutation Strange retrogression in the professors of an expanded religion, boasting an illumination beyond the spiritual doctrine of Hebrew prophets! Impressions of Theophrastus Such Our peace or war, our civilization or barbarism, our freedom or oppression, our wealth or starvation, progress or retrogression, must act upon you, just as your condition reacts upon us. Select Speeches of Kossuth Such a temporary retrogression brings knowledge and helps it in its onward progress toward the manifestation of higher powers on the higher plane of consciousness. Five Lectures on Reincarnation The curve at this point resembles a plateau and indicates cessation of progress if not retrogression. How to Use Your Mind A Psychology of Study: Being a Manual for the Use of Students and Teachers in the Administration of Supervised Study The steady cooperation of progression and retrogression is one of the important principles of organic evolution. Species and Varieties, Their Origin by Mutation The cosmic process brings about retrogression, as well as progression, where the conditions favor it. Beacon Lights of History, Volume 14 The New Era; A Supplementary Volume, by Recent Writers, as Set Forth in the Preface and Table of Contents As respects moral and intellectual culture, stagnation: in all that concerns material development, a fatal retrogression. Letters and Journals of James, Eighth Earl of Elgin The world never saw a more rapid retrogression in human rights, or a greater prostration of liberties. Beacon Lights of History, Volume 03 Ancient Achievements And an early retrogression means a short maturity. The Glands Regulating Personality Your attention has been directed to the monocotyledons as an example, where retrogression is everywhere so active that it can almost be said to be the prevailing movement. Species and Varieties, Their Origin by Mutation Qualifications; Nature's plan an advance, and again a retrogression. Beacon Lights of History, Volume 14 The New Era; A Supplementary Volume, by Recent Writers, as Set Forth in the Preface and Table of Contents But underneath it all must be a colossal movement of evolution, of spiritual growth—or of retrogression. The Desert of Wheat No one would be mad enough to urge such a retrogression as the abandonment of labour-saving machinery would involve. The Constitution of the United States A Brief Study of the Genesis, Formulation and Political Philosophy of the Constitution There must be a certain atrophy and retrogression of the thymus gland, and there must likewise be a similar atrophy and retirement of the pineal gland. The Glands Regulating Personality The whole vegetable kingdom exhibits a constant struggle between progression and retrogression. Species and Varieties, Their Origin by Mutation When the fulness of the type is reached, then begins the retrogression. How to Live a Holy Life I fancied that I alone had suffered a retrogression. The Desert of Wheat When we turn from the Tunicates to the closely-related Amphioxus we are astonished at first to find an apparent retrogression in the formation of the vascular system. The Evolution of Man — Volume 2 Injury to the thyroid, especially in growing animals, is followed by profound retrogression or arrest of development in skin, skeleton and brain. The Glands Regulating Personality Many instances could be given to prove that progression and retrogression are the two main principles of evolution at large. Species and Varieties, Their Origin by Mutation With much that is untenable, Butler’s writings present many a brilliant idea; yet, on the whole, they are rather a retrogression than an advance upon Hering. Unconscious Memory No person in discussing a measure bearing upon the welfare of an individual, of a community, or of a nation, can afford to neglect questioning its influence for mental advancement or retrogression. Practical Argumentation There is retrogression, as well as progress, where such retrogression is favored by environment. A Handbook of Ethical Theory I verily believe that the cocksureness of our century is destined to be the amusement of the next, which may not impossibly believe that the ape is descended from man by retrogression. Without Prejudice In the second place I have had occasion more than once to assert that retrogression, though seemingly consisting in the disappearance of some quality, need not, as a rule, be considered as a complete loss. Species and Varieties, Their Origin by Mutation Thus Butler’s alleged retrogressions belong to the same order of thinking that we have seen shared by Driesch, Baldwin, and Jennings, and most explicitly avowed, as we shall see, by Francis Darwin. Unconscious Memory This will signify retrogression in some directions; but it will also mean invigoration in others. Japan: an Attempt at Interpretation This unequal rate of movement, interrupted by pauses, and at first with occasional retrogressions, accords well with our conclusion that heliotropism consists of modified circumnutation. The Power of Movement in Plants All sciences cultivated for a long time must advance, especially as the art of printing makes retrogression impossible. The Physiology of Taste Such periods, during which art has no noble champion, during which the true spiritual food is wanting, are periods of retrogression in the spiritual world. Concerning the Spiritual in Art In a word, the world is in progress, not in retrogression. The Religion of the Samurai A Study of Zen Philosophy and Discipline in China and Japan And all this would have signified, in more ways than one, a social retrogression towards barbarism. Japan: an Attempt at Interpretation After a time he divined that the inevitable retrogression had set in: she had not enough faith to uphold the burden she had accepted, nor the courage to cast it off. The Rainbow Trail The Mosaic theocracy appears to show an immense retrogression. Prolegomena Thus began Allie Lee's life as an unwilling and innocent accomplice of Durade in his retrogression from the status of a gambler to that of a criminal. The U. P. Trail Whenever he came into the well-known flat alone, he had a moment of retrogression, went back to his unmarried time, and was again, as for so many years, in the intimate life of his mother. In the Wilderness Then came the parliamentary system of the restored Bourbons which Comte designates as a political Utopia, destitute of social principles, a foolish attempt to combine political retrogression with a state of permanent peace. The Idea of Progress An inguiry into its origin and growth War is the greatest of paradoxes: the most senseless and disheartening of human retrogressions, and yet the stimulant of qualities of soul which, in every race, can seemingly find no other means of renewal. Fighting France, from Dunkerque to Belfort This particular writer's credibility, however, is none of the best; he has been convicted over and over again of forcing the note in his diatribes against what he calls "retrogression into idolatry." South Wind As she saw Durade's retrogression, so she saw the changes in all about him. The U. P. Trail Be the future advance or retrogression, he had lived the possible life. The Emancipated "And in the great retrogression, the reducing back of the created body of life, we get knowledge, and beyond knowledge, the phosphorescent ecstasy of acute sensation." Women in Love This self-deception, or rather retrogression of her instincts, led her into touches of mysticism. The Malady of the Century Civilization against barbarism, freedom against oppression, education against ignorance, progress against retrogression, the West against the East, the United States against Spain. Our War with Spain for Cuba's Freedom And Epicurus—" "Was an exaggeration of the material principle, that denoted the retrogression of a large portion of the race towards brutality and matter. The Monikins Presumably there are possibilities the thoughts of which fascinate our author and his congeners in this, to our mind, vain campaign in the cause of social retrogression. West Indian Fables by James Anthony Froude Explained by J. J. Thomas In no instance has he evinced other than a retrogression, when once freed from restraint. The Albert N'Yanza, Great Basin of the Nile Moral retrogression 22:3 Vibrating like a pendulum between sin and the hope of forgiveness,- selfishness and sensuality causing con- stant retrogression,- our moral progress will 22:6 be slow. Science and Health, with Key to the Scriptures The aberrations of the social movement are neither progress nor retrogression. Theodore Roosevelt; an Autobiography The delivery is sometimes aided by tightly binding the body above the gravid uterus in order, it would seem, to prevent any retrogression of the process. The Pagan Tribes of Borneo And found what I have learned to expect—retrogression, and that pathetic something in the eye which betrays the secret of a waning hope. Mark Twain's Letters — Volume 5 (1901-1906) "But without your glasses your failing eyesight does not permit you to—" "My eyesight cannot fail; nothing can fail; the Mind is master, and the Mind permits no retrogression." Christian Science It was a retrogression—in some measure a return to his earlier form. Mark Twain, a Biography. Complete It was a retrogression —in some measure a return to his earlier form. Mark Twain, a Biography — Volume I, Part 2: 1835-1866 What you say about progress being only occasional and retrogression not uncommon, I agree to; only that in the animal kingdom I greatly doubt about retrogression being common. More Letters of Charles Darwin — Volume 1 But, though in other countries there may have occasionally been more rapid progress, it would not be easy to name any other country in which there has been so little retrogression. The History of England, from the Accession of James II — Volume 3 If, however, he judged that the transition of the Regency was necessary they asked him to at least aid them in obtaining serious guarantees against any retrogression. The Memoirs of Victor Hugo Such ideas I energetically enforce, till I am cut short by the slow retrogression of the massive gate on ponderous hinges turning. Gala-days Now and then there has been a stoppage, now and then a short retrogression; but as to the general tendency there can be no doubt. Critical and Historical Essays — Volume 2 With respect to advancement or retrogression in organisation in monstrosities of the Compositae, etc., do you not find it very difficult to define which is which? More Letters of Charles Darwin — Volume 1 Where there is no change there can be no history; and as all change is either growth or decay, all history must describe progress or retrogression. David Elginbrod In some few cases there has been what we must call retrogression or organisation. The Origin of Species by means of Natural Selection, 6th Edition I also questioned them about the museum of old machines, and the cause of the apparent retrogression in all arts, sciences, and inventions. Erewhon This drifting, which neutralizes the distance covered and even converts it into a retrogression, is easily explained. The Life of the Spider Yet there are many traces of advance as well as retrogression in the Laws of Plato. Laws That, perhaps, is one reason why we come to a period of stasis or retrogression when the time of classical activity is over. A History of Science — Volume 1 The final result will generally have been, as already explained, an advance, but in some few cases a retrogression, in organisation. The Origin of Species by means of Natural Selection, 6th Edition He had foresight, but has less now than formerly, pointing to a moral retrogression, which, when taken with the decline of his fortunes, seems to indicate some evil influence, probably drink, at work upon him. The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes There are hesitations, retrogressions, perpendicular falls at the end of a thread, ascents that bring the hanging Spider up again. The Life of the Spider In the return to a doctrine of numbers there is a retrogression rather than an advance; for the most barren logical abstraction is of a higher nature than number and figure. Laws The male was never a gentleman," he went on, "and in the bony stage of retrogression, with his skeleton through his skin, and his character outside his manners, does not look like one. Lilith, a romance The ink phenomena included in the past eighty years has demonstrated a continuing retrogression in ink manufacture and a consequent deterioration of necessary ink qualities. Forty Centuries of Ink or, a chronological narrative concerning ink and its backgrounds, introducing incidental observations and deductions, parallels of time and color phenomena, bibliography, chemistry, poetical effusions, citations, anecdotes and curiosa together with some evidence respecting the evanescent character of most inks of to-day and an epitome of chemico-legal ink. But how about the foresight and the moral retrogression?” The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes Lack of it is practically stagnation or retrogression. The Art of Lawn Tennis In such an emergency the novice may cease to advance—if indeed there is not a positive retrogression. Increasing Human Efficiency in Business, a contribution to the psychology of business The organization of labor is one of the chief acknowledged factors in the retrogression of British trade. War of the Classes Is the progress that seems attainable in certain directions worth the retrogression that may be its price? The New Machiavelli The value of the prizes did not need to be great, for each man was impressed with the idea that his comrades were watching him, that they observed every advance or retrogression. Increasing Human Efficiency in Business, a contribution to the psychology of business Carelessness or laziness only results in retrogression, never progress. The Art of Lawn Tennis Periods of improvement are universally followed by stages of stagnation or retrogression. 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