I believe it safe to say that all progress must lead, not to further progress, but finally to the negation of progress, a return to the point of departure. (Eugène Delacroix)

I believe it safe to say that all progress must lead, not to further progress, but finally to the negation of progress, a return to the point of departure.

Eugène Delacroix

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