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Any such system would be attended with all the evils of defective foresight, and would both fetter and irritate.
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John Morley
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gutenberg.orgJohn Morley: “Any such system would be attended with all the evils of defective foresight, and would both fetter and irritate.”
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He warns that a prescriptive system could lead to negative consequences due to lack of foresight and adaptability.
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I think any man who lays down a firm proposition that all is well, or any man who says that all is ill--either of those two men is probably wrong.
An Indian gentleman has been placed on the Council of the Viceroy--not an everyday transaction.
But as I read it, as I listen to serious Indian experts with large experience, it all sounds estrangement and alienation even though it be no worse than superficial.
Do not weary or fret or nag him with your superior wisdom.
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