{"id":3604,"date":"2014-11-14T15:19:47","date_gmt":"2014-11-14T15:19:47","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.rationalargumentator.com\/index\/?p=3604"},"modified":"2014-11-24T21:13:07","modified_gmt":"2014-11-24T21:13:07","slug":"progress-unyielding-video","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rationalargumentator.com\/index\/blog\/2014\/11\/progress-unyielding-video\/","title":{"rendered":"Video of Melody and Lyrics for \u201cProgress Unyielding\u201d, Op. 76 (2013) \u2013 Space Colonists\u2019 Anthem from \u201cEden against the Colossus\u201d \u2013 by G. Stolyarov II"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>\n<div><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"http:\/\/rationalbusinessjournal.rationalargumentator.com\/tophatwhitesm.jpg\" alt=\"The New Renaissance Hat\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" \/><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"color: #000080;\"><strong><big><big>G. Stolyarov II<br \/>\n<\/big><\/big><\/strong><\/span><\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"color: #000080;\"><big>November 14, 2014<\/big><\/span><\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: center;\">******************************<\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: center;\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/sF5WmABHG5g\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/div>\n<p>&#8220;Progress Unyielding&#8221; is the anthem celebrating space colonization and humans\u2019 expansion throughout the universe, guided by the principles of individualism, liberty, rationality, and progress. It is originally found in Mr. Stolyarov&#8217;s 2004 novel, <i><a href=\"http:\/\/rationalargumentator.com\/eac.html\">Eden against the Colossus<\/a><\/i>. In 2013, Mr. Stolyarov was asked to create a composition to convey the music of this anthem, as he imagined it when writing the novel. This composition is not the full orchestration described in &#8220;Eden against the Colossus&#8221;, but rather the main melody, played on the harp, with accompaniment by the piano and by a string ensemble for the latter third. It communicates the principal direction of &#8220;Progress Unyielding&#8221; and allows the listener to see the words put to music.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Download a free MP3 file of the melody of <i>Progress Unyielding <\/i><a href=\"http:\/\/rationalargumentator.com\/music_stolyarov\/Stolyarov_Progress_Unyielding_Enhanced.mp3\">here<\/a><i>.<\/i><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The meter of this piece would accommodate the following very slightly modified lyrics, which still communicate the same substance as the anthem in the novel.<\/p>\n<p><i>****<\/i><\/p>\n<p><b>Progress Unyielding<\/b><\/p>\n<p><i>Our souls before these sights dwarfed shan\u2019t become.<\/i><br \/>\n<i>Why bow to passive matter of antiquity?<\/i><br \/>\n<i>What spreads from it is pandemonium;<\/i><br \/>\n<i>Its barrenness is source for all iniquity.<\/i><\/p>\n<p><i>\u2018Tis in our minds the idols hatch,<\/i><br \/>\n<i>Of stone for man to shape and mold.<\/i><br \/>\n<i>Such logic does our hands attach<\/i><br \/>\n<i>To this domain of lifeless cold,<\/i><br \/>\n<i>To every cavern, crater, creek.<\/i><br \/>\n<i>Wrong was the man who\u2019d preached the norm<\/i><br \/>\n<i>That worlds are destined for the meek!<\/i><br \/>\n<i>Our will and strength give matter form.<\/i><br \/>\n<i>He who grovels tastes his obsequies;<\/i><br \/>\n<i>We float into the void, oases craft.<\/i><br \/>\n<i>We are not slaving tribal bees,<\/i><br \/>\n<i>And no collective guides our raft.<\/i><br \/>\n<i>We are not one, but many knights;<\/i><br \/>\n<i>Each does himself his quest ordain,<\/i><br \/>\n<i>We thrive on work, and work from rights.<\/i><br \/>\n<i>Our well-earned profit\u2019s our domain.<\/i><\/p>\n<p><i>This ground bears meaning solely to our aims.<\/i><br \/>\n<i>Its monuments stem from our ingenuity.<\/i><br \/>\n<i>Glory to him who savage wildlands tames,<\/i><br \/>\n<i>And weeds out every incongruity!<\/i><\/p>\n<p><i>What shall replace the brittle dune?<\/i><br \/>\n<i>What shall refine this cratered scar?<\/i><br \/>\n<i>Our pavement shall embrace them soon,<\/i><br \/>\n<i>And spread to every spawn of star<\/i><br \/>\n<i>Yet seen, and into others we shall gaze,<\/i><br \/>\n<i>And thus apply the universe\u2019s stock.<\/i><br \/>\n<i>This is not but one transient phase.<\/i><br \/>\n<i>Forever shall we tame new rock!<\/i><br \/>\n<i>Cosmos is Man\u2019s, its means and goal.<\/i><br \/>\n<i>Its exiled heirs now seek its wreath:<\/i><br \/>\n<i>Supremacy, from atom, oil, and coal.<\/i><br \/>\n<i>Our claim to treasures underneath<\/i><br \/>\n<i>These jagged lands shall never wane.<\/i><br \/>\n<i>Always grand mechanisms will be our guide.<\/i><br \/>\n<i>No Luddites shall their betterment profane.<\/i><br \/>\n<i>Inventors we exalt and vandals we deride!<\/i><\/p>\n<p><i>Merit determines worth under our creed.<\/i><br \/>\n<i>The self-made prodigy our government defends,<\/i><br \/>\n<i>Does our endeavor by example lead,<\/i><br \/>\n<i>And never harms one for another\u2019s ends.<\/i><\/p>\n<p><i>What is the trait we deem sublime?<\/i><br \/>\n<i>The source which does all virtue render.<\/i><br \/>\n<i>It, dauntless, conquers space and time,<\/i><br \/>\n<i>And never can its plight surrender.<\/i><br \/>\n<i>It is inside us, best within the great,<\/i><br \/>\n<i>The ego, mind, one\u2019s self, one\u2019s soul,<\/i><br \/>\n<i>Prerequisite to any proper state.<\/i><br \/>\n<i>Maintain your own, and you\u2019ve fulfilled your role.<\/i><br \/>\n<i>No world beyond this life is real;<\/i><br \/>\n<i>Its furthering\u2019s our sole concern.<\/i><br \/>\n<i>No godly favor is to steal,<\/i><br \/>\n<i>No mystic afterlife to earn.<\/i><br \/>\n<i>God\u2019s not above us, but within;<\/i><br \/>\n<i>The Self\u2019s the Lord, Reason, His rite.<\/i><br \/>\n<i>We have a universe to win.<\/i><br \/>\n<i>Join us, great men, in splendid flight!<\/i><\/p>\n<p>***<\/p>\n<p>See the index of Mr. Stolyarov&#8217;s compositions, all available for free download, <a href=\"http:\/\/rationalargumentator.com\/music_stolyarov.html\">here<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>All art used in this video is either in the public domain or subject to a Creative Commons license and is used with attribution. See the image captions for more details regarding each artwork and its source.<\/p>\n<p>This video, too, is licensed as a Creative Commons Attribution Share-Alike work and is available for non-commercial use to anyone under the condition that the same license be preserved.<\/p>\n<p>Remember to LIKE, FAVORITE, and SHARE this video in order to spread rational high culture to others.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>G. Stolyarov II November 14, 2014 ****************************** &#8220;Progress Unyielding&#8221; is the anthem celebrating space colonization and humans\u2019 expansion throughout the universe, guided by the principles of individualism, liberty, rationality, and progress. It is originally found in Mr. Stolyarov&#8217;s 2004 novel, Eden against the Colossus. In 2013, Mr. Stolyarov was asked to create a composition to convey the music of this anthem, as he imagined it when writing the novel. 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