The fatal metaphor of progress, which means leaving things behind

The fatal metaphor of progress, which means leaving things behind us, has utterly obscured the real idea of growth, which means leaving things inside us. – G. K. Chesterton

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Spend in pure converse our eternal day;
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Learn all we lacked before; hear, know, and say
What this tumultuous body now denies;
And feel, who have laid our groping hands away;
And see, no longer blinded by our eyes. – Rupert Brooke

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Today I have grown taller from walking with the trees. – Karl Baker

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Climb mountains to see lowlands. – Chinese Proverb

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