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Scientific progress makes moral progress a necessity; for if man's power is increased, the checks that restrain him from abusing it must be strengthened.

Scientific progress makes moral progress a necessity; for if man's power is increased, the checks that restrain him from abusing it must be strengthened.

Madame de Stael
Men, Progress, Moral

Goethe has made a remark upon the perfectability of the human mind, which is full of sagacity: It is always advancing, but in a spiral line.

Madame de Stael
Learning, Mind, Progress
"Germany". Book by Madame de Stael, 1813.

The evil arising from mental improvement can be corrected only by a still further progress in that very improvement. Either morality is a fable, or the more enlightened we are, the more attached to it we become.

Madame de Stael
Evil, Progress, Fables
"The Influence of Literature upon Society". Book by Madame de Stael, 1800.

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