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" Surely every medicine is an innovation, and he that will not apply new remedies must expect new evils; for time is the greatest innovator ; and if time of course alter things to the worse, and wisdom and counsel shall not alter them to the better, what... "
A Treatise on the Conduct of the Understanding - Page 92
by John Locke - 1849 - 132 pages
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Proceedings

1793 - 76 pages
...intention be what it may, we anfwer their accufation in the words of one of thewifeft of mankind: " *THAT TIME " IS THE GREATEST INNOVATOR ; " AND IF TIME OF COURSE ALTER " THINGS TO THE WORSE, AND IF « WISDOM AND COUNSEL SHALL " NOT ALTER THEM TO THE " BETTER, WHAT SHALL BE THE « END?" They will...
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Political papers, chiefly respecting the attempt of the county of ..., Volume 3

Christopher Wyvill - 1794 - 698 pages
...may, we anfwer their accufation in the words of one of the wifeft of mankind : Pa " * THAT " * THAT TIME IS THE GREATEST IN""NOVATOR ; AND IF TIME OF COURSE " ALTER THINGS TO THE WORSE, AND " IF WISDOM AND COUNSEL SHALL NOT " ALTER THEM TO THE BETTER, WHAT " SHALL BE THE END ?" By the Reform...
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Memoirs of the Reign of George III to the Session of Parliament ..., Volume 4

William Belsham - 1795 - 566 pages
...accustomed sagacity) is not more turbulent than a . froward retention of custom. Surely every medicine is an innovation, and he that will not apply new remedies...not alter them to the better, what shall be the end ?" — " There is (as Helvetius observes) a description of men with hearts incapable of virtuous emotion,...
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History of Great Britain, from the Revolution, 1688, to the ..., Volume 8

William Belsham - 1805 - 600 pages
...customed sagacity) is not more turbulent than a froward retention of custom. Surely every medicine is an innovation, and he that will not apply new remedies...not alter them to the better, what shall be the end ?" — " There is (as Helvetius observes) a description of men with hearts incapable of virtuous emotion,...
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On National Government, Volume 1

George Ensor - 1810 - 480 pages
...to correct errours as they arise. the whole must fatally and irretrievably "Time," says Bacon ', " is the greatest innovator : and if time of course alter things to the worse, and wisdom and counsel may not alter them to the better, what must be the end ?" » This opinion was professed equally in...
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Historical Reflections on the Constitution and Representative System of ...

James Jopp - 1812 - 460 pages
...be what it may, we answer • their accusation in the words of one of the wisest of mankind : ' That time is the greatest innovator ; * and if time of course alter things to the worse, ' and if wisdom and counsel shall not alter theyi . ' to the better, what shall be the end * /" " • •...
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The Gentleman's Magazine, Volume 82, Part 2; Volume 112

1812 - 760 pages
...intention be what it may, we answer their accusatioA in the words of one of the wisest of mankind : that time is the greatest innovator; and if time of course alter things to the worse, and if' wisdom and counsel ihall not alter them to the tetter, what shall be the end?' " This was su far...
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Memoirs of Algernon Sydney

George Wilson Meadley - 1813 - 426 pages
...deadliest evil that can befal a powerful state; ever remembering the wise remark of Bacon, " That if time alter things to the worse, and wisdom and counsel...not alter them to the better, what shall be the end *." But, whilst the principles of Sydney were thus gloriously maintained by his country, his fate was...
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The Royal Military Chronicle: Or, British Officers Monthly ..., Volume 6

1813 - 660 pages
...expect new evils: for time ia the. greatest innovator : and i I' time, of course, alter all thiuga to the worse, and wisdom and counsel shall not alter them to the belter, what shall be the end ?" — This in an argument, I trust, sufficiently strong to justify the...
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Speeches of the Late Right Honourable Richard Brinsley Sheridan: (Several ...

Richard Brinsley Sheridan - 1816 - 440 pages
...consequences of the general discontents throughvator ; and if time of course alter things to the worse, and if wisdom and counsel shall not alter them to the better, what shall be the end ?" By the reform proposed by Lord Chatham,* he declared in the house of lords, that he meant to infuse...
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