 | University magazine - 1851 - 822 pages
...settled by time, though it be not good yet at least it is fit ;" that " statesmen must beware that it is the reformation that draweth on the change, and not the desire of change that pretendeth the reformation;" (how happy a phrase!) he lays down the sublime truth, " TlME IS THE GREATEST INNOVATOR... | |
 | Sir George Cornewall Lewis - Political science - 1852 - 500 pages
...of time itself, which indeed innovateth greatly, but quietly, and by degrees scarce to be perceived It is good also not to try experiments in states,...change, and not the desire of change that pretendeth the reformation.' Lord Bacon, Essay on Innovations. Compare the article ' Innovatio,' No. 40 of the... | |
 | Francis Bacon - 1852 - 580 pages
...unlocked for ; and ever it mends some, and pairs other ; and he that is hoipen takes it for a fortune, and thanks the time ; and he that is hurt for —...except the necessity be urgent, or the utility evident ; land well to beware that it be the reformation that draweth on the change, and not the desire of... | |
 | 1852 - 598 pages
...perceived. . It is good also nut to try experiments m states, except the necessity be urgent, or the ability evident ; and well to beware that it be the reformation...change, and not the desire of change that pretendeth the reformation." — Eaay on Innovations. But the necessity was urgent, and the utility evident to... | |
 | Hubert Ashton Holden - English language - 1852 - 380 pages
...unlocked for ; and ever it mends some, and pairs other ; and he that is holpen takes it for a fortune, and thanks the time ; and he that is hurt for a wrong, and imputeth it to the author. [St John's College Classical Examination, 1843.] 100. IT is to be lamented that the national character... | |
 | Francis Bacon (visct. St. Albans.) - 1853 - 176 pages
...unlocked for ; and ever it mends some and pairs others : and he that is holpen takes it for a fortune, and thanks the time ; and he that is hurt for a wrong,...experiments in states, except the necessity be urgent, 7 Ad. Qu. Ir. iii. 8. or the utility evident ; and well to beware that it be the reformation that draweth... | |
 | 1853 - 722 pages
...; and ever it mends some, and pairs (impairs) other; and ho that is holpen takes it for a fortune, and thanks the time; and he that is hurt, for a wrong, and imputeth it to the author." LORD BACON. IN proportion to its importance to mankind should the " unlooked-for " novelty be laid,... | |
 | Francis Bacon - Ethics - 1854 - 894 pages
...unlocked for; and ever it mends some, and impairs others : and he that is holpen takes it for a fortune, and fitter for new projects than for settled business....errors of young men are the ruin of business ; but the reformation. And lastly, that the novelty, though it be not rejected, yet be held for a suspect;... | |
 | United States. Congress - Law - 1854 - 722 pages
...invaded, or the national reputation affected. "It is good not to try experiments in ' States, unless the necessity be urgent, or the ' utility evident;...' the reformation that draweth on the change, and * England alone excludes our Teasels and seamen rom the trade opened between her West India colonies... | |
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It is good also not to try experiments in states, except the necessity be urgent, or the utility evident; and well to beware that it be the reformation that draweth on the change, and not the desire of change that pretendeth the reformation. 
