A race preserves its vigor so long as it harbors a real contrast between what has been and what may be; and so long as it is nerved by the vigor to adventure beyond the safeties of the past. Without adventure civilization is in full decay. - Alfred North Whitehead

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Alfred North Whitehead: "A race preserves its vigor so long as it harbors a real contrast between what has been and what may be; and so long as it is nerved by the vigor to adventure beyond the safeties of the past. Without adventure civilization is in full decay."

Alfred North Whitehead's Quotations

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Adventure	Beyond	Civilization	Contrast
Decay	Full	Harbors	Long
Nerved	Past	Preserves	Race
Real	Safeties	Vigor	Without

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