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George F. Will posed a rhetorical question of utmost importance in these unprecedented times, and he framed it within the perspective of our country’s history and the prospectiveness for its future.

From Washington Post • Jun. 19, 2020

Let us return to the distinction between productiveness and prospectiveness of social capital.

From The Whence and the Whither of Man A Brief History of His Origin and Development through Conformity to Environment; Being the Morse Lectures of 1895 by Tyler, John Mason

Applied to variations productiveness means immediate advantage, prospectiveness the greater future and permanent returns.

From The Whence and the Whither of Man A Brief History of His Origin and Development through Conformity to Environment; Being the Morse Lectures of 1895 by Tyler, John Mason

Political economists speak of the productiveness and prospectiveness of capital.

From The Whence and the Whither of Man A Brief History of His Origin and Development through Conformity to Environment; Being the Morse Lectures of 1895 by Tyler, John Mason