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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. "
Memoirs, correspondence and private papers of Thomas Jefferson, ed. by T.J ... - Page 298
by Thomas Jefferson - 1829
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The Republic, Or, A History of the United States of America in the ..., Volume 3

John Robert Irelan - Presidents - 1887 - 560 pages
...himself.* Love your neighbor as yourself, and your country more than yourself. We might as well require a man to wear still the coat which fitted him when...ever under the regimen of their barbarous ancestors. Each generation is as independent of the one preceding as that was of all which had gone before. It...
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Transactions, Volume 12

Maryland State Bar Association - 1907 - 348 pages
...circumstances, institutions must advance also, and keep pace with the times. We might as well require a man to wear still the coat which fitted him when...ever under the regimen of their barbarous ancestors. . . . Let us provide in our constitution for its revision at stated periods. What these periods should...
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The Writings of Thomas Jefferson: 1816-1826

Thomas Jefferson - Presidents - 1899 - 516 pages
...circumstances, institutions must advance also, and keep pace with the times. We might as well require a man to wear still the coat which fitted him when...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 and Writings of ...

Thomas Jefferson - 1900 - 498 pages
...circumstances, institutions must advance also, and keep pace with the times. We might as well require a man to wear still the coat which fitted him when...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 Jeffersonian Cyclopedia: A Comprehensive Collection of the Views of ...

Thomas Jefferson - Political science - 1900 - 1504 pages
...shores. — To ROBERT FULTON, v, 516. (M., 1810.) 353. ANCESTORS, Regimen of.— We might as well require a man to wear still the coat which fitted him when...ever under the regimen of their barbarous ancestors. — To SAMUEL. KERCHIVAL. vii, 15. FORD ED., x, 43. (M., 1816.) 354. ANCESTRY, Equality vs.— The...
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The Works of Thomas Jefferson, Volume 12

Thomas Jefferson - United States - 1905 - 598 pages
...circumstances, institutions must advance also, and keep pace with the times. We might as well require a man to wear still the coat which fitted him when...monarchs, instead of wisely yielding to the gradual change of circumstances, of favoring progressive accommodation to progressive improvement, have clung...
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Report of the ... Annual Meeting - Maryland State Bar ..., Volume 12, Part 1907

Maryland State Bar Association - Bar associations - 1907 - 350 pages
...circumstances, institutions must advance also, and keep pace with the times. We might as well require a man to wear still the coat which fitted him when...ever under the regimen of their barbarous ancestors. . . . Let us provide in our constitution for its revision at stated periods. What these periods should...
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Master Thoughts of Thomas Jefferson

Thomas Jefferson - 1907 - 246 pages
...hand with the progress of the human mind. . . . AVe might as well require a man to wear the coat that fitted him when a boy as civilized society to remain ever under the regime of their ancestors. It is this preposterous idea which has lately deluged Europe in blood. Their...
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School Life, Volumes 32-33

Education - 1950 - 334 pages
...circumstances, institutions must advance also to keep pace with the times. We might as well require a man to wear still the coat which fitted him when...ever under the regimen of their barbarous ancestors. Early in our history State structure and organization for education were fixed in constitutions and...
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NBS Special Publication, Issue 471

Weights and measures - 1976 - 320 pages
...circumstances, institutions must advance also to keep pace with the times. We might as well require a man to wear still the coat which fitted him when...boy, as civilized society to remain ever under the regiman of their barbarous ancestors." TARE WEIGHT IN COMPUTER ASSISTED CHECKOUT SYSTEMS Presented...
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