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Civilization is a progress from an indefinite, incoherent homogeneity toward a definite, coherent heterogeneity.

"First Principles", Chapter XVI. Par. 138; also Chapter XVII. Par. 145, as quoted in Hoyt's New Cyclopedia Of Practical Quotations, p. 241-42, 1922.
Civilization is a progress from an indefinite, incoherent homogeneity toward a definite, coherent heterogeneity.