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title: 'The True Progress of Society'
type: pdf
hasMedia: true
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authors:
- 'Lyman Hotchkiss Atwater, D.D., LL.D.'
date: 1852-01-01
collection: 'Archives'
subcollection: '19th century'
topics:
- 'Social Issues'
- 'Character and Conduct of Life'
scriptures:
- 'Philippians 3'
- 'Psalms 11'
- 'Hebrews 13'
url: https://confessional.org/archives/19th-century/atwater-1852-the-true-progress-of-society
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# The True Progress of Society

Argues true progress preserves tested truths and builds on inherited wisdom; warns against radicalism that destroys institutions and nerveous novelty in religion and society.

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