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I do not like changes for their own sake, I only like a change when it is needful to alter something bad into something good, or something which is good into something better.
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John Morley
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gutenberg.orgJohn Morley: “I do not like changes for their own sake, I only like a change when it is needful to alter something bad into something…”
Editor's note · Context
Morley articulates his preference for change that improves situations rather than change for its own sake.
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