antiquity

is example be still gravely urged as a rule of conduct, and a standing argument against any improvement upon the 'wisdom of our ancestors!'.

example be still gravely urged as a rule of conduct, and a standing argument against any improvement upon the 'wisdom of our ancestors!'

is invested, by a strange blunder, with the reverence due to the present times, which are its true old age.

invested, by a strange blunder, with the reverence due to the present times, which are its true old age.

is the youth, nonage, and inexperience of the world.

the youth, nonage, and inexperience of the world.

Antiquity is not always a mark of verity.

is a species of aristocracy with which it is not easy to be on visiting terms.

Antiquity is a species of aristocracy with which it is not easy to be on visiting terms.

is influential --- The earliest and the longest has still the mastery over us.

The earliest and the longest has still the mastery over us.

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