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There is, in the institutions of this country, one principle, which, had they no other excellence, would secure to them the preference over those of all other countries. I mean — and some devout patriots will start — I mean the principle of
change
.
I have used a word to which is attached an obnoxious meaning. Speak of
change
, and the world is in alarm. And yet where do we not see
change
? What is there in the physical world but
change
? And what would there be in the moral world without
change
?
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Philosophy cannot
change
the laws of nature; but she may teach us to accommodate to them.
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Born:
September 6, 1795
Died:
December 13, 1852
(aged 57)
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