ext_36709 ([identity profile] steepholm.livejournal.com) wrote in [personal profile] steepholm 2014-03-25 11:05 pm (UTC)

Looking through the OED citations, my impression is that the concept of progress becomes increasingly detached from any particular endeavour ("Having made no farther progress in his Business"), gradually assuming the character of a principle of the world/history in general.

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