...perpetual decay, fall, renovation, and progression. Thus, by preservation of nature in the conduct of the state, in what we improve, we are never wholly new; in what we retain, we are never obsolete ... In this choice of inheritance [as our philosophical analogy] we have given to our frame...

...to the plans ot 'sophisrers'. Thus, 'by preserving the method of nature in the conduct of the srare, in what we improve, we are never wholly new; in what we rerain, we are never wholly obsolere' (1989: 84). Thtough his advocacy ot an organic model of social...

...writes admiringly about the adaptability of the constitutional system that had emerged in England: "In what we improve we are never wholly new; in what we retain we are never wholly obsolete." Faithfulness to a cultural heritage involves rejuvenation and revision. In the words of Croce, "Everything...

...decay, fall, renovation, and progression. Thus, by preserving the method of nature in the conduct of the state, in what we improve, we are never wholly new; in what we retain, we are never wholly obsolete.41 For Burke civil society is organic, a creation of man's corporate wisdom and power, working...

...backward to their ancestors." "Thus, by preserving the [organic] method of nature in the conduct of the state, in what we improve we are never wholly new; in what we retain we are never wholly obsolete." "Turbulent, discontented men of quality, in proportion as they are puffed up with personal pride and...

...decay, fall, renovation, and progression. Thus, by preserving the method of nature in the conduct of the state, in what we improve, we are never wholly new; in what we retain, we are never wholly obsolete.34 The abstract doctrines of the French Jacobins were in sharp contrast to Burke's politics...

...forefathers, we are guided not by the superstition of antiquarians, but by the spirit of philosophical analogy. In this choice of inheritance we have given to our frame of polity 3 the image of a relation in blood; binding up the constitution of our country with our dearest domestic...

...fall and renovation, and progression. Thus, by preserving the method of nature in the conduct of the state, in what we improve, we are never wholly new;...By adhering in this manner and on those principles of our forefathers, we are guided not by the superstition of antiquarians, but by the spirit of philosophic...

...decay, fall, renovation, and progression. Thus, by preserving the method of nature in the conduct of the state, in what we improve we are never wholly new; in what we retain we are never wholly obsolete." Meanwhile Lockhart avoids the title "Modern Athens," presumably because of its republican associations....

...social contract model of the state: Thus, by preserving the method of nature in the conduct of the state, in what we improve we are never wholly new;...never wholly obsolete. By adhering in this manner and one those principles to our forefathers, we are guided not by the superstition of antiquarians but...