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. The Pamphleteer - Page 321edited by - 1813Full view - About this book
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.... . It is also not to try experiments in States except the necessity gent, 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 preteitdeth the reformation. BACON, On Innovations. It is singular how long the rotten will hold together... | |
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