s than any other simple
mathematical means, to show _roughly_ how human progress goes on.
The essential elements of a progression are the first term _P_ and
the ratio _R_ and the number of the terms _T_; in the human
progression _PR__1__, PR__2__, PR__3__, ... PR__T__, P_ is the
starting status of the first generation, _R_ is the peculiar
capacity of humans to bind time and is a _free gift_ and _law_ of
_nature_, which it would be folly not to recognize and accept as
such, _T_ is time, or number of generations. It is obvious that the
magnitude, _PR__T_, is entirely dependent on the magnitudes of _PR_,
and _T_. The existence of _R_ and _T_ is independent of humans, _R_
being a law of nature, _T_ a gift of nature, _P_ the starting status
of the initial generation. With _P = 0_ or _R = 0_ THERE WOULD BE NO
PROGRESS or progression at all; each term in the case of human
progression is mainly dependent upon the time and the work done by
the dead. The existence of _R_ and _T_ is entirely beyond human
control. Humans can control only the MAGNITUDE of those elements by
education. Here comes the tremendous responsibility of education. It
is not necessary to use much imagination to see that if humanity had
always been rightly educated, science would have long ago discovered
the natural forces and laws essential to human welfare, and human
misery would to-day be relatively small.

12 See Appendix III.

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