“ Men of letters, fond of distinguishing themselves, are rarely averse to innovation. ”
Edmund Burke, Reflections on the Revolution in France (1790). copy citation
| Author | Edmund Burke |
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| Source | Reflections on the Revolution in France |
| Topic | innovation letter |
| Date | 1790 |
| Language | English |
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| Weblink | https://en.wikisource.org/wiki/Reflections_on_the_Revolution_in_France |
Context
“the kind of wealth which will be resorted to by all who wish for change.
Along with the monied interest, a new description of men had grown up with
whom that interest soon formed a close and marked union -- I mean the
political men of letters. Men of letters, fond of distinguishing
themselves, are rarely averse to innovation. Since the decline of the life
and greatness of Louis the Fourteenth, they were not so much cultivated,
either by him or by the regent or the successors to the crown, nor were
they engaged to the court by favors and emoluments so systematically as”
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