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Francis Cornford in 1908: "Every public action, which is not customary, either is wrong, or, if it is right, is a dangerous precedent. It follows that nothing
by bshimmin 7y ago
Francis Cornford in 1908: "Every public action, which is not customary, either is wrong, or, if it is right, is a dangerous precedent. It follows that nothing should ever be done for the first time."
- pjc50 7y ago+1 for referencing Microcosmographia Academica! https://www.cs.kent.ac.uk/people/staff/iau/cornford/cornford7.html https://www.cs.kent.ac.uk/people/staff/iau/cornford/cornford...