 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.  Burke, Select Works - Seite 33von Edmund Burke - 1898 - 712 SeitenVollansicht - Über dieses Buch
 | George Lillie Craik - 1897 - 592 Seiten
...Thus, by preserving the m<thod jf nature in the conduct of the state, in what we improve we are neTer wholly new ; in what we retain we are never wholly obsolete. By adhering in this manner, and on these principles, to our forefathers, we are guided, not by the superstition of antiquarians, but by... | |
 | 1900 - 570 Seiten
...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 wi retain we are never wholly obsolete. By adhering in this manner, and on those principles, to our... | |
 | David Loyd Pulliam - 1901 - 188 Seiten
...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 wnolly obsolete. By adhering in this manner and on these principles to our forefathers, we are guided... | |
 | William Holden Hutton - 1903 - 414 Seiten
...the same. It may be said of the English character, as Burke said of the English constitution, that " in what we improve we are never wholly new, in what we retain we are never wholly obsolete."1 Liberty and honour : those are the achievements on which most Englishmen would still pride... | |
 | William Edward Hartpole Lecky - 1904 - 616 Seiten
...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,' and it has been ' our old settled maxim never entirely nor at once to depart from antiquity.' Old local... | |
 | Julius Hatschek - 1905 - 692 Seiten
...conduct of state , in what we improve , we are never wholy new , in what we retain , we are never wholy obsolete. By adhering in this manner and on those...forefathers we are guided not by the superstition of antiquaries , but by the spirit of philosophic analog y. In this choice of inheritance we have given... | |
 | Brander Matthews - 1906 - 380 Seiten
...further improvement. A state without the means of some change is without the means of its conservation. In what we improve we are never wholly new; in what we retain we are never wholly obsolete." "What is liberty without wisdom, and without virtue? It is the greatest of all possible evils; for... | |
 | Clement Boulton Roylance Kent - 1908 - 512 Seiten
...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.' 2 The Royalist of 1660 might well think that he held an incontrovertible and inexpugnable position.... | |
 | 1908 - 388 Seiten
...; here is organic process ; here is what the past unfolded ; here lies evolutionary expectation. " In what we improve, we are never wholly new ; in what we retain, we are never wholly obsolete" (Burke). We believe that the English Church may still suffice. Only the English Church must be reformed.... | |
 | 1911 - 540 Seiten
...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.' To Burke and his School this was the conclusion of the whole matter. But now the logic of facts forces... | |
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