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...incongruitie Ph 21 All] an Innovation: And they that Reverence too much Old Times, 25 are but a Scome to the New. It were good therefore, that Men in their Innovations, would follow the Example of Time it selfe; which indeed Innovateth greatly, but quietly, and by degrees, scarce to be...

...favored. All this is true, if time stood still; which, contrariwise, moveth so round, that a forward retention of custom is as turbulent a thing as an...that reverence too much old times, are but a scorn of the new: It were good, therefore, that men in their innovations, would follow the example of time...

...stood still; which contrariwise moveth so round,0 that a froward0 retention of custom is as turbulent0 a thing as an innovation; and they that reverence too much old times, are but a scorn0 to the new. It were good therefore that men in their innovations would follow the example of...

...Chesterton "No way of thinking or doing, however ancient, can be trusted without proof." — Thoreau "They that reverence too much old times are but a scorn to the new." — Sir Francis Bacon "You are trying to make that child another you; one is enough." — Emerson "There...

...he that will not apply new remedies must expect new evils; for time is the greatest innovator. . . . they that reverence too much old times, are but a scorn to the new." He thought that the "arts and sciences should be like mines, where the noise of new works and further...

...are treated to a cautious and commonsensical restatement of the need for balanced and gradual change: 'It were good therefore that men in their innovations would follow the example of time itself, which innovateth greatly, but quietly and by degrees scarce to be perceived'...

...favored. All this is true, if time stood still ; which contrariwise moveth so round, that af reward" retention of custom is as turbulent a thing as an...therefore that men in their innovations would follow the example of time itself; which indeed innovateth greatly, but quietly, by degrees scarce to be perceived....

...he that will not apply new remedies must expect new evils; for time is the greatest innovator. [...] It were good therefore that men in their innovations would follow the example of time itself; which indeed innovateth greatly, but quietly, by degrees scarce to be perceived....