..." but " How are they to be educated ? " We must remember in this matter the words of Bacon, " Time moveth so round, that a froward retention of custom is as turbulent a thing as innovation." Now since we cannot do without education for our officers, the next question is, how is...

...worthier than their descendants, so are the first precedents commonly better than the imitations of them, A froward retention of custom is as turbulent a thing as an innovation. Seeing that things alter of themselves to the worse, if counsel shall not alter them to the better,...

...unanswerable objection urged against all improvement. We have already quoted the dictum of Bacon—that a froward retention of custom is as turbulent a thing as an innovation. This was not the opinion of Ignatius Loyola, who, in order to avoid any innovation in the shape of...

...worthier than their descendants, so are the first precedents commonly better than the imitations of them, A froward retention of custom is as turbulent a thing as an innovation. Seeing that things alter of themselves to the worse, if counsel shall not alter them to the better,...

...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...indeed, innovateth greatly, but quietly, and by degrees scarcely to be perceived." The truth is, — as observed by Archbishop Whatelv, in his comments on...

...so round that a froward retention of custom is as turbulent a thing as an innovation, and they thai reverence too much old times are but a scorn to the...therefore, that men in their innovations would follow the exam pie of time itself, which, indeed, innovateth greatly, but quietly and by degrees, scarce to be...

...worse, and wisdom and counsel sball not alter them to the better, what shall be the end f ' It were good that men, in their innovations, would follow the example...Time itself, which indeed innovateth greatly, but quiotly and by degrees scarce to be perceived' There is no more striking instance of the silent and...

...for gets the less thanks from him whom it helps, and gives the more annoyance to him whom it hurts. A froward retention of custom is as turbulent a thing as an innovation. Seeing that things alter of themselves to the worse, if counsel shall not alter them to the better,...

...utility, yet they trouble by their unconformity. All this is true if time stood still ; which contrariwise moveth so round, that a froward retention of custom is as turbulent a thins as an innovation ; and they that reverence too much old times are but a scorn to the new. It...

...caprice, our opinion of him is the reverse. But, on the other hand, we are told by a high authority, that " a froward retention of custom is as turbulent a thing as an innovation, and that a courting of public notice by a too close adherence to old fashions is as great an evil as a...