 | 1793 - 76 pągines
...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... | |
 | Christopher Wyvill - 1794 - 698 pągines
...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... | |
 | William Belsham - 1795 - 566 pągines
...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,... | |
 | William Belsham - 1805 - 600 pągines
...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,... | |
 | George Ensor - 1810 - 480 pągines
...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... | |
 | Francis Bacon - 1812 - 348 pągines
...strongest in continuance; but good, as a forced motion, strongest at first. Surely every medicine is an innovation, and he that will not apply new remedies...the better, what shall be the end? It is true, that what is settled by custom, though it be not good, yet at least it is fit; and those things which have... | |
 | 1812 - 760 pągines
...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... | |
 | James Jopp - 1812 - 460 pągines
...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 * /" " • •... | |
 | George Wilson Meadley - 1813 - 426 pągines
...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... | |
 | 1813 - 660 pągines
...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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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... 
