 | 1859 - 690 Seiten
...experience of the present; and forty years of experience in government is worth a century of book -reading ; and this they would say themselves, were they to rise from the dead. . . . We might as well require a man to wear still the coat which fitted him when a boy, a? civilized... | |
 | Boyd Winchester - 1891 - 510 Seiten
...exposition of his opinion on this subject, expressed in his happiest manner : " I am certainly," says he, " not an advocate for frequent and untried changes in...think moderate imperfections had better be borne, because, when once known, we accommodate ourselves to them, and find practical means of correcting... | |
 | Francis Newton Thorpe - 1898 - 552 Seiten
...experience of the present, and forty years of experience in government is worth a century of bookreading, and this they would say themselves were they to rise from the dead. Laws and institutions should go hand in hand with the advance of the human mind. Let the office of... | |
 | Samuel Eagle Forman - 1900 - 494 Seiten
...very like the present; and forty years of experience in government is worth a century of book-reading; and this they would say themselves, were they to rise...accommodate ourselves to them, and find practical means might as well require a man to wear still the coat which fitted him when a boy, as civilized society... | |
 | Thomas Jefferson - 1900 - 1504 Seiten
...experience of the present ; and forty years of experience in government is worth a century of bookreading ; and this they would say themselves, were they to rise...frequent and untried changes in laws and constitutions. 1 think moderate imperfections had better be borne with; because, when once known, we accommodate ourselves... | |
 | Thomas Jefferson - 1903
...experience of the present; and forty years of experience in government is worth a century of book-reading; and this they would say themselves, were they to rise...find practical means of correcting their ill effects. J_But I know also, that laws and institutions must go hand in hand with the progress of the human mind.... | |
 | Thomas Jefferson - 1905 - 598 Seiten
...experience of the present; and forty years of experience in government is worth a century of book-reading; and this they would say themselves, were they to rise...better be borne with ; because, when once known, we is The Writings of [1816 means of correcting their ill effects. But I know also, that laws and institutions... | |
 | Thomas Jefferson - 1907 - 246 Seiten
...experience of the present ; and forty years of experience in government is worth a century of book reading; and this they would say themselves, were they to rise from the dead. I am certainly not an advocate of frequent and untried changes in laws and Constitutions. I think moderate imperfections had better... | |
 | 1917 - 606 Seiten
...destructive or constructive but his attitude may be expressed by his quotation from a letter of Jefferson's, "I am certainly not an advocate for frequent and untried...think moderate imperfections had better be borne with. . ." 353.9 State governments |] State governments — Bibliography 17-51/4 Judson, Katharine Berry,... | |
 | 1926 - 548 Seiten
...with sanctimonious reverence, and deem them like the ark of the covenant, too sacred to be touched. I am certainly not an advocate for frequent and untried...moderate imperfections had better be borne with,... but I know also, that laws and institutions must go hand in hand with the progress of the human mind... | |
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It deserved well of its country. It was very like the present, but without the experience of the present; and forty years of experience in government is worth a century of book-reading; and this they would say themselves, were they to rise from the dead. 
