 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 Works of Francis Bacon - Page 430by Francis Bacon - 1858Full view - About this book
 | 1862 - 838 pages
...and less faYored." "It is good not to try experiments in states, except the necessity be urgent, or the utility evident; and well to beware that it be...desire of change that pretendeth the reformation." "Time is the measure of business." "True dispatch is a rich thing." "All states that are liberal of... | |
 | Charles Edward Rawlins - Secession - 1862 - 252 pages
...good, also," says Lord Bacon, " not to try experiments in States, except the necessity be urgent, or utility evident; and well to beware that it be the...reformation that draweth on the change, and not the desire for change that pretendeth the reformation. And lastly, that the novelty, though it be not rejected,... | |
 | John George Francis Henry KNAPP - Home missions - 1862 - 136 pages
...necessity be urgent, or the utility be evident ; and well to beware that it is a reformation which draweth on the change, and not the desire of change that pretendeth the reformation." These words are true and weighty. They can avail in more senses than one. They apply to churches as... | |
 | Edward Isidore Sears, David Allyn Gorton, Charles H. Woodman - 1863 - 436 pages
...experiments in states, except the necessity be urgent, or the utility evident; and well to beware that it bo the reformation that draweth on the change, and not...desire of change that pretendeth the reformation." " Time is the measure of business." "True dispatch is a rich thing." " All states that are liberal... | |
 | Francis Bacon (visct. St. Albans.) - 1864 - 638 pages
...to the author. 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...change, and not the desire of change that pretendeth i the reformation : and lastly, that the novelty, though it be not rejected, yet be held for a suspect;2... | |
 | Alexander Del Mar - 1865 - 902 pages
...Mankind has not retrograded. But in innovating " it is well to beware that it be the reformation which draweth on the change, and not the desire of change that pretendeth the reformation." Not content with quoting Bacon, they drag in Herbert Spencer, and progress is actually sought to be... | |
 | John Rolfe - 1867 - 404 pages
...to the author. 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...though it be not rejected yet be held for a suspect. BACON. Essays. A SPIRIT of innovation is generally the result of a selfish temper and confined views.... | |
 | Francis Bacon - 1867 - 440 pages
...the author. [6] 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...pretendeth the reformation ; and lastly, that the new. He observes, moreover, that the longer any needful reform is delayed, the greater and the more... | |
 | Robert Lowe Sherbrooke (Viscount) - Legislative bodies - 1867 - 220 pages
...HON. R. LOWE, MP " It is not good to try experiments in states, except the necessity be urgent and the utility evident : and well to beware that it be...desire of change that pretendeth the reformation." — BACON. LONDON: EOBEET JOHN BUSH, 32, CHAEING CEOSS, SW 1867. ,JUN 21 1940 LONDON: PRINTED Br WILLIAM... | |
 | Robert Lowe (1st visct. Sherbrooke.) - 1867 - 224 pages
...HON. R. LOWE, MP " It is not good to try experiments in states, except the necessity be urgent and the utility evident : and well to beware that it be...draweth on the change, and not the desire of change that pretendetu the reformation."— BACOH. SECOND EDITION. LONDON: ROBERT JOHN BUSH, 32, CHARING CROSS,... | |
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