If it were shown that the most effective and just solution to a pressing modern problem were an old-fashioned and “outmoded” idea, then one would most likely see our progressives standing fixed in principle against its adoption—and thus against progress; for one can see that progress for them is not so much a concern for betterment than a slogan for the adoption of their own ideas and an idée fixe for their future dominance.
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In your honour I am thinking of calling my dog "mudgeonry". (My previous one was called "in the Community".)
You go off, toying with the affections of other bloggers, and then come back with a comment like that!
Really, I've never been so . . .
well, it's good to have you back.
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