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" All this is true, if time stood still ; which, contrary wise, moveth so round, that a froward retention 'of custom is as turbulent a thing as an innovation ; and they that reverence too much old times, are but a scorn to the new. "
The Works of Francis Bacon, Lord Chancellor of England - Page 82
by Francis Bacon, Basil Montagu - 1825
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The Triumvirate, by three members of Harrow school

626 pages
..." but " How are they to be educated ? " We must remember in this matter the words of Bacon, " Time moveth so round, that a froward retention of custom is as turbulent a thing as innovation." Now since we cannot do without education for our officers, the next question is, how is...
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The Works, Volume 4

Francis Bacon - 1858 - 516 pages
...worthier than their descendants, so are the first precedents commonly better than the imitations of them, A froward retention of custom is as turbulent a thing as an innovation. Seeing that things alter of themselves to the worse, if counsel shall not alter them to the better,...
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The Tin Trumpet: Or, Heads and Tails for the Wise and Waggish

Horace Smith - English wit and humor - 1859 - 282 pages
...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 to avoid any innovation in the shape of...
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The Philosophical Works of Francis Bacon, with Prefaces and Notes ..., Volume 4

Francis Bacon - 1861 - 578 pages
...worthier than their descendants, so are the first precedents commonly better than the imitations of them, A froward retention of custom is as turbulent a thing as an innovation. Seeing that things alter of themselves to the worse, if counsel shall not alter them to the better,...
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The People's Blue Book. Taxation as it Is, and as it Ought to be

Charles Tennant - England - 1862 - 746 pages
...favored. All this is true, if time stood still ; which, contrariwise, moveth so round, that a forward retention of custom is as turbulent a thing as an...indeed, innovateth greatly, but quietly, and by degrees scarcely to be perceived." The truth is, — as observed by Archbishop Whatelv, in his comments on...
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Bacon, His Writings and His Philosophy

George Lillie Craik - 1862 - 728 pages
...so round that a froward retention of custom is as turbulent a thing as an innovation, and they thai reverence too much old times are but a scorn to the...therefore, that men in their innovations would follow the exam pie of time itself, which, indeed, innovateth greatly, but quietly and by degrees, scarce to be...
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Bacon's essays, with annotations by R. Whately

Francis Bacon (visct. St. Albans.) - 1864 - 638 pages
...worse, and wisdom and counsel sball not alter them to the better, what shall be the end f ' It were good that men, in their innovations, would follow the example...Time itself, which indeed innovateth greatly, but quiotly and by degrees scarce to be perceived' There is no more striking instance of the silent and...
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Works, Volume 9

Francis Bacon - Philosophy, English - 1864 - 492 pages
...for gets the less thanks from him whom it helps, and gives the more annoyance to him whom it hurts. A froward retention of custom is as turbulent a thing as an innovation. Seeing that things alter of themselves to the worse, if counsel shall not alter them to the better,...
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An Essay on the History of the English Government and Constitution from the ...

Earl John Russell Russell - Constitutional history - 1865 - 320 pages
...utility, yet they trouble by their unconformity. All this is true if time stood still ; which contrariwise moveth so round, that a froward retention of custom is as turbulent a thins as an innovation ; and they that reverence too much old times are but a scorn to the new. It...
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The Wykehamist, Issue 1

1866 - 284 pages
...caprice, our opinion of him is the reverse. But, on the other hand, we are told by a high authority, that " a froward retention of custom is as turbulent a thing as an innovation, and that a courting of public notice by a too close adherence to old fashions is as great an evil as a...
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