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Faith in the creative process, in the dynamics of emergence, in the values and purposes that transcend past achievements and past forms, is the precondition of all further growth.

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Lewis Mumford
Age: 94 †
Born: 1895
Born: October 19
Died: 1990
Died: January 26
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Neither democracy nor effective representation is possible until each participant in the group...devotes a measurable part of his life to furthering its existence.
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For most Americans, progress means accepting what is new because it is new, and discarding what is old because it is old.
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Don't take the will for the deed get the deed.
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Utopias rest on the fallacy that perfection is a legitimate goal of human existence.
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Every generation revolts against its fathers and makes friends with its grandfathers.
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