 | 626 sidor
..." 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... | |
 | Francis Bacon - 1858 - 516 sidor
...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,... | |
 | Horace Smith - 1859 - 282 sidor
...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... | |
 | Francis Bacon - 1860 - 480 sidor
...superant. * aptum eae tamen temporibus. * ubt contra, nova veterBnu nan usqusquaque tam centime cohttreant. froward retention of custom is as turbulent a thing...therefore that men in their innovations would follow the example of time itself; which indeed innovateth greatly, but quietly, and by degrees scarce to be perceived.... | |
 | Francis Bacon - 1861 - 408 sidor
...more admired and less favored. All this is true, if time stood still, which, contrariwise, nioveth so round, that a froward retention of custom is as...therefore, that men in their innovations would follow the example of time itself, which indeed innovateth greatly, but quietly, and by degrees scarce to be perceived... | |
 | Francis Bacon - 1861 - 578 sidor
...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,... | |
 | Hubert Ashton Holden - 1864 - 592 sidor
...besides, they are like strangers, more admired and less favoured. All this is true, if time stood still ; which contrariwise moveth so round, that a froward...therefore that men in their innovations would follow the example of time itself, which indeed innovateth greatly but quietly and by degrees scarce to be perceived... | |
 | Francis Bacon - 1864 - 468 sidor
...2 aptum esse tamen temporiims. 8 vbi contra, nma veteribus rum usquequayue tam concinne cohcereant. froward retention of custom is as turbulent a thing...therefore that men in their innovations would follow the example of time itself; which indeed innovateth greatly, but quietly, and by degrees scarce to be perceived.... | |
 | Francis Bacon - 1864 - 492 sidor
...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,... | |
 | Earl John Russell Russell - 1865 - 320 sidor
...help by their 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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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 an innovation ; and they that reverence too much old times are but a scorn to the new. 
