Progress, man's distinctive mark alone, Not God's, and not the beasts'; God is, they are, Man partly is and wholly hopes to be.

Progress, man's distinctive mark alone, Not God's, and not the beasts'; God is, they are, Man partly is and wholly hopes to be.

进步，人类独特的标记，不是上帝的，也不是野兽的;上帝是，他们是，人部分是，完全希望是。

-- Robert Browning 罗伯特·布朗宁