In politics experiments means revolutions.
Great revolutions, whatever may be their causes, are not lightly commenced, and are not concluded with precipitation.
It was not reason that besieged Troy; it was not reason that sent forth the Saracen from the desert to conquer the world; that inspired the crusades; that instituted the monastic orders; it was not reason that produced the Jesuits; above all, it was not reason that created the French Revolution. Man is only great when he acts from the passions; never irresistible but when he appeals to the imagination.
I have been ever of opinion that revolutions are not to be evaded.
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