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" But I know also, that laws and institutions must go hand in hand with the progress of the human mind. As that becomes more developed, more enlightened, as new discoveries are made, new truths disclosed, and manners and opinions change with the change... "
Reconfirmation of Federal Judges: Hearing Before the Subcommittee on ... - Page 43
by United States. Congress. Senate. Committee on the Judiciary - 1973 - 347 pages
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Memoirs, Correspondence, and Private Papers of Thomas Jefferson: Late ...

Thomas Jefferson - United States - 1829 - 662 pages
...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 for frequent and untried...institutions must advance also, and keep pace with the times. We might as well reauire a man to wear still the coat which fitted him when a boy, as civilized society...
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Memoirs, correspondence and private papers of Thomas Jefferson, ed. by T.J ...

Thomas Jefferson - 1829 - 1102 pages
...themselves, were they to rise from the dead. I am certainly not an advocate for frequent and notried changes in laws and constitutions. I think moderate...institutions must advance also, and keep pace with the times. We might as well reauire a man to wear still the coat which fitted him when a boy, as civilized society...
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Memoir, Correspondence, and Miscellanies, from the Papers of ..., Volume 4

Thomas Jefferson - United States - 1829 - 550 pages
...dead. I am certainly not an advocate for frequent and untried changes in laws and constitutions. 1 think moderate imperfections had better be borne with...institutions must advance also, and keep pace with the times. We might as well require a man to wear still the coat which fitted him when a boy, 290 as civilized...
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The Westminster Review, Volume 13

English literature - 1830 - 524 pages
...majority, from North to South, 1 have no doubt."— 1822. Vol. iv. 36C-7. 17- WISDOM OF ANCESTRY. — " Laws and institutions must go hand in hand with the...institutions must advance also, and keep pace with the times. We might as well require a man to wear still the coat which fitted him when a boy, as civilized society...
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Sketches of the Life, Writings, and Opinions of Thomas Jefferson: With ...

B. L. Rayner - History - 1832 - 982 pages
...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 for frequent and untried...institutions must advance also, and keep pace with the times. We . might as well require a man to wear still the coat which fitted him when a boy, as civilized society...
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Life of Thomas Jefferson: With Selections from the Most Valuable Portions of ...

B. L. Rayner - 1834 - 442 pages
...for frequent and untried changes in laws and constitutions. I think moderate imperfections had belter be borne with ; because, when once known, we accommodate...institutions must advance also, and keep pace with the times. We might as well require a man to wear still the coat which fitted him when a boy, as civilized society...
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Life of Thomas Jefferson: With Selections from the Most Valuable Portions of ...

B. L. Rayner - 1834 - 820 pages
...borne with ; because, when once known, we accommodate ourselves to them, and find practical tneans of correcting their ill effects. But I know, also,...institutions must advance also, and keep pace with the times. We might as well require a man to wear still the coat which fitted him when a boy, as civilized society...
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The Rationale of Political Representation

Samuel Bailey - Great Britain - 1835 - 474 pages
...with the progress of the human * Examination of a Declaration of Rights. f Godwin's Political Justice. mind. As that becomes more developed, more enlightened...institutions must advance also, and keep pace with the times. We might as well require a man to wear still the coat which fitted him when a boy, as civilized society...
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The Life of Thomas Jefferson, Third President of the United States ..., Volume 2

George Tucker - 1837 - 542 pages
...worth a century of book reading; this they would say of themselves, were they to rise from the dead. I am certainly not an advocate for frequent and untried...institutions must advance also, and keep pace with the times. We might as well require a man still to wear the coat which fitted him when a boy, as civilized society...
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Proceedings and Debates of the Convention of the Commonwealth of ..., Volume 5

Pennsylvania. Constitutional Convention - Constitutional conventions - 1838 - 696 pages
...As that becomes more developed, more eulighted, as new discoveries are made, new truths disci 'sed, and manners and opinions change with the change of...institutions must advance also, and keep pace with the times. We might as well require a man to wear still the coat which fitted him when a boy, as civilized society...
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