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I have employment enough, but it is not of my mind, and that is unfortunately one which will retrograde if it does not progress.

From Memoir of Mary L. Ware, Wife of Henry Ware, Jr. by Hall, Edward B.

An argument may be advanced that, according to the laws of self-preservation and the survival of the fittest, if a man stops all strife, all fight, then he will retrograde.

From Tales of lonely trails by Grey, Zane

In nature there is no standing still; those who do not advance, will retrograde, become weaker and finally wither, and be forgotten in their low estate.

From A Rational Theology As Taught by the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints by Widtsoe, John A.