Word: retrogressive
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...question then as to who was running the world; and there was no question as to where world headquarters is, and probably will be for some time. ... If the world rejects Roosevelt leadership it will stay exactly where it is today, and humanity will continue to suffer and retrogress. If the world accepts the new leadership of United States, it will be a new world indeed...
...nose. Since the primary benefit was expected to accrue to those yet unborn, five years is no test at all. It is up to us to lay aside our appetites and personal desires to an increasing extent as we progress toward the ideal of society, else we shall retrogress or at best stand still...
...alone can bring about reforms! They lead us wisely, for they see clearly that if men be allowed to retain their personal liberty to make use of, or to abstain from, alcohol, nicotine, and other curses from Heaven, they shall never come to perfection, but shall continue to retrogress and to die as in the past...