 | University magazine - 1851
...GREATEST INNOVATOR ;" asks with an air of triumph— " If time of course alter all things for the worse, and counsel shall not alter them to the better, what shall be the end?" (in few plain words what a conclusive generalisation !) — then warns the fearful that " he that will... | |
![Parliamentary and political miscellanies [afterw.] miscellany, ed. by C.P ...](http://bks1.books.google.co.in/books?id=9HwEAAAAQAAJ&printsec=frontcover&img=1&zoom=5&edge=curl "Parliamentary and political miscellanies [afterw.] miscellany, ed. by C.P ...") | Parliamentary and political miscellany - 1851
...may, we answer their accusations in the words of one of the wisest of mankind (Lord Bacon) : " that time is the greatest innovator; and if time of course alter things to the worst, and if wisdom and counsel shall not alter them to the better, what shall be the end ?" By the... | |
 | Edwin Hubbell Chapin - Bible - 1852 - 163 pages
...reformation, their first estate is the best. " He that will not apply new remedies," says Lord Bacon, " must expect new evils ; for time is the greatest innovator...not alter them to the better, what shall be the end ?" Therefore, there is always work for the Reformer to do, either in restoring, or in up-building,... | |
 | Hubert Ashton Holden - 1852
...instruments than the arts with which he flattered the passions of the people. [Classical Tripos, 1843.] 99. SURELY every medicine is an innovation, and he that...the greatest innovator ; and if time of course alter all things to the worse, and wisdom and counsel shall not alter them to the better, what shall be the... | |
 | George Bush - 1852
...utter the words of an oracle, than when speaking on this very subject of change. "Surely," says he, '' every medicine is an innovation, and he that will...FOR TIME is THE GREATEST INNOVATOR : and if time of courue alter things to the worse, and wisdom and counsel shall not alter them to the better, WHAT SHALL... | |
 | Francis Bacon, George Fabyan Collection (Library of Congress) - 1852 - 349 pages
...hath a natural Motion, ftrongeft in continuance : but Good, as a forced Motion, ftrongeft at firft. Surely every Medicine is an Innovation.; and he that will not apply new Remedies, muft expedt new Evils : for Time is the greateflr Innovator : and if Time, of courfe, alter Things... | |
 | George Lewis - 1853
...reduce to the order and dimensions in which they now appear. " If time," says Lord Bacon, " alter all things to the worse, and wisdom and counsel shall...alter them to the better, what shall be the end?" In the Greek Church, whose matters are not so well managed as those of Rome, her liturgical services,... | |
![Select specimens of English prose [ed.] by E. Hughes](http://bks0.books.google.co.in/books?id=tKUCAAAAQAAJ&printsec=frontcover&img=1&zoom=5&edge=curl "Select specimens of English prose [ed.] by E. Hughes") | Edward Hughes - 1853
...as, aliment. Alter, another ; as, alter, alternate, altercation. "If time of course alter all tilings to the worse, and wisdom .and counsel shall not alter them to the better, what shall be the end?"— Bacon. Altus, high ; as, exalt, altar. " All is the gift of industry ; whate'er Exalts, embellishes,... | |
 | E O. S - 1854
...the Diet. These allusions were intended for the Esterhazy's, Palffy's, Apponyi's, &c., * " If time alter things to the worse, and wisdom and counsel...not alter them to the better, what shall be the end ?"—Bacon ; Essay on Innovations, " While the foundation and principle of a government remain good,... | |
 | John Timbs - 1856
...where they never saw them grow, and who know neither their beginning nor progress. — Bruyere. cccxcv. Every medicine is an innovation, and he that will...not alter them to the better, what shall be the end ? — Lord Bacon. CCCXCVI. CCCXCVII. People will, in a great degree, and not without reason, form their... | |
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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... 
