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" We might as well require a man to wear still the coat which fitted him when a boy, as civilized society to remain ever under the regimen of their barbarous ancestors. "
Memoir, Correspondence, and Miscellanies: From the Papers of Thomas Jefferson - Page 291
by Thomas Jefferson - 1829
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Memoirs, correspondence and private papers of Thomas Jefferson, ed. by T.J ...

Thomas Jefferson - 1829 - 1102 pages
...with the times. We might as well reauire a man to wear still the coat which fitted him when a boy, as civilized society to remain ever under the regimen...yielding to the gradual changes of circumstances, of favouring progressive accommodation to progressive improvement, have clung to olil abuses, entrenched...
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The Westminster Review, Volume 13

English literature - 1830 - 524 pages
...with the times. We might as well require a man to wear still the coat which fitted him when a boy, as civilized society to remain ever under the regimen...yielding to the gradual changes of circumstances — of favouring progressive accommodation to progressive improvement, have clung to old abuses, entrenched...
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The Rationale of Political Representation

Samuel Bailey - Great Britain - 1835 - 474 pages
...with the times. We might as well require a man to wear still the coat which fitted him when a boy, as civilized society to remain ever under the regimen...yielding to the gradual changes of circumstances, of favouring progressive accommodation to progressive improvement, have clung to old abuses, entrenched...
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The Life of Thomas Jefferson, Third President of the United States ..., Volume 2

George Tucker - 1837 - 608 pages
...with the times. We might as well require a man still to wear the coat which fitted him when a boy, as civilized society to remain ever under the regimen...yielding to the gradual changes of circumstances, of favouring progressive accommodation to progressive improvement, have clung to old abuses, entrenched...
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Proceedings and Debates of the Convention of the Commonwealth of ..., Volume 5

Pennsylvania. Constitutional Convention - Constitutional conventions - 1838 - 696 pages
...remain ever under the iegimen of their barbarous ancestors. It is tliis preposterous idea which hat lately deluged Europe in blood. Their monarchs, instead...favoring progressive accommodation to progressive impiovement, have clung to old abuses, entrenched themselves behind steady habits, and obliged their...
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The Writings of Thomas Jefferson: Correspondence, cont. Reports and opinions ...

Thomas Jefferson - United States - 1854 - 676 pages
...with the times. We might as well require a man to wear still the coat which fitted him when a boy, as civilized society to remain ever under the regimen...monarchs, instead of wisely yielding to the gradual change of circumstances, of favoring progressive accommodation to progressive improvement, have clung...
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The Writings of Thomas Jefferson: Correspondence, cont. Reports and opinions ...

Thomas Jefferson - United States - 1854 - 678 pages
...the coat which fitted him when a boy, as civilized society to remain ever under the regimen of then: barbarous ancestors. It is this preposterous idea...monarchs, instead of wisely yielding to the gradual change of circumstances, of favoring progressive accommodation to progressive improvement, have clung...
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The Life of Thomas Jefferson, Volume 3

Henry Stephens Randall - Presidents - 1858 - 760 pages
...with the times. We might as well require a man to wear still the coat which fitted him when a boy, as civilized society to remain ever under the regimen...progressive accommodation to progressive improvement, bave clung to old abuses, entrenched themselves behind steady habits, and obliged their subjects to...
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The Life of Thomas Jefferson, Volume 3

Henry Stephens Randall - Presidents - 1858 - 758 pages
...which fitted him when a boy, аз civilized society to remain ever under the APPENDIX NO. XXIX. 65l regimen of their barbarous ancestors. It is this preposterous...idea which has lately deluged Europe in blood. Their monarehs, instead of wisely yielding to the gradual changes of circumstances, of favoring progressive...
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The Life of Thomas Jefferson, Volume 3

Henry Stephens Randall - Presidents - 1858 - 916 pages
...wear still the coat which fitted him when a boy, as civilized society to remain ever under the gimen of their barbarous ancestors. It is this preposterous idea which has lately ilugcd Europe in blood. Their monarchs, instead of wisely yielding to the gradual anges of circumstances,...
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