 | William Jenkyn - 1839 - 392 pages
...holy men who lived in them ; in which respect we may wisely make use of that counsel of Solomon, " Say not thou, What is the cause that the former days were better than these?" Eccl. vii. 10. Errors and impieties were in former times, and are now, but newly acted over ; and let... | |
 | 1839 - 556 pages
...enjoyed under the practical operation of the Constitution. It has been enjoined upon us not to say what is the cause that the former days were better than these; and, thanks to this Constitution, we have abundant reason, with grateful acknowledgments, to allow... | |
 | 1839 - 558 pages
...exchanges, with all the consequent train. of evils, public and private, present and prospective. Yet, "say not thou, What is the cause that the former days were beter than these 1 for thou dost not inquire wisely concerning this." In all times men have had their... | |
 | John Quincy Adams - 1839 - 138 pages
...enjoyed under the practical operation of the Constitution. It has been enjoined upon us not to say what is the cause that the former days were better than these ; and, thanks to this Constitution, we have abundant reason, with grateful acknowledgments, to allow... | |
 | 1921 - 362 pages
...— doesn't lag or look backward and sigh for former good old times. "Say not," saith the preacher, "that the former days were better than these, for thou dost not inquire wisely concerning this." We must endeavor always and forever to keep agoing. Man's glory is in going, not in being, unless indeed... | |
 | 1837 - 658 pages
...unfortunate in living at an era so troublous and perplexing. Such we charge with folly, in their inquiry, what is the cause that the former days were better than these ? The only reason we shall adduce to substantiate this allegation is, that the inquiry is founded in... | |
 | Christian Bouscaren - 1966 - 260 pages
...her children. And fortunately, Uncle Dick could do something like this without breeding resentment. Say not thou. What is the cause that the former days...for thou dost not inquire wisely concerning this. (Ecclesiastes, 7 : 10). There is occasions and causes why and wherefore in all things. SHAKESPEARE... | |
 | George Smith, William Makepeace Thackeray - 1874 - 800 pages
...has assumed the name, but not, if scholars are right, the style and dialect of the Son of David, " say not thou what is the cause that the former days were better than these." Why not ? most venerable Babylonian. Is it that the former days were reality no better than the present,... | |
 | Edward Hungerford Goddard - 1869 - 842 pages
...better ; and shall accept the advice of the wisest of men as peculiarly applicable to our times; " Say not thou what is the cause that the former days were better than these, for thou dost not enquire wisely concerning this." DIARY OF THOMAS SMITH, OF SHAW Houss.1 "Wednesday, 28th Feb. 1721... | |
 | International Monetary Fund - 1984 - 978 pages
...monetary system. They explained that the critics who rejected this view did so for reasons of nostalgia.41 "Say not thou, What is the cause that the former days...for thou dost not inquire wisely concerning this." u The metaphors of constitution and common law imply firm rules of law. For the soft law of Article... | |
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Say not thou. What is the cause that the former days were better than these ? for thou dost not inquire wisely concerning this. 
