...course alter these things for the worse, wisdom and good counsel should alter them to the better," and that " a froward retention of custom is as turbulent a thing as sedition." But I also know from the respectable authority of the same writer, that " what is settled...

...institutions above all improvement, and says, — ' A froward retention of custom is as turbulent a thing as innovation ; and they that reverence too much old times are but a scorn to the new.' Keally, if the writings of the ancients are to be ransacked in support of measures, and with reference...

...this is true, if time stood still ; which, contrariwise moveth so round, thai a froward retention ol custom is as turbulent a. thing as an innovation ; and they that reverence too much olo times are but a scorn to the new. It were good, therefore, that men, in their innovations, would...

...strangers, more admired and less favoured. All this is true, if time stood still ; which, contrariwise, moveth so round, that a froward retention of custom is as turbulent a thing as innovation ; and they that reverence too much old things, are but a scorn to the newt.' * We do not...

...unanswerable objection urged against all improvement. We have already quoted the dictum of Bacon — that a froward retention of custom is as turbulent a thing as an innovation. This was not the opinion of Ignatius Loyola, who in order tcf avoid any innovation in the shape of...

...strangers, more admired and less favoured. All this is true, if time stood still, which contrarywise, moveth so round, that a froward retention of custom...innovation; and they that reverence too much old times, arc but a scorn to the new." The length of the chapter prevents me quoting it; I shall however quote...

...and in that progression to regulate her changes by the maxim of the same great man : ' It were good that men in their innovations would follow the example...indeed innovateth greatly, but quietly, and by degrees scarcely to be perceived.' With the same Lord Bacon — (and we quote him, not as a supreme authority...

...and in that progression to regulate her changes by the maxim of the same great man : ' It were good that men in their innovations would follow the example...indeed innovateth greatly, but quietly, and by degrees scarcely to be perceived.' With the same Lord Bacon — (and we quote him, not as a supreme authority...

...purified, and that the change •was not only just, but necessary. Dr. Butler was of Lord Bacon's opinion, that " a froward retention of custom is as turbulent a thing as innovation ;" though, to use his own words, " he hoped that the priming-knife would be used with a...

...peace-maker who thinks anything better than controversy. Many of them are yet to learn from Lord Bacon, that ' a froward retention of custom is as turbulent a thing as an innovation.' It \vas natural to suppose that infidels would favor religious liberty, but they have commonly been...