George Chalmers

George Chalmers (1742 – May 31, 1825) was a Scottish antiquarian and political writer.

Read more about George Chalmers:  Biography, Early Works (1776-1786), Mature Works (1786-1824), Caledonia, Chalmers' Works Online

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    Love your neighbour, yet pull not down your hedge.
    British proverb, George Herbert, Jacula Prudentum (1651)

    A striking feature of moral and political argument in the modern world is the extent to which it is innovators, radicals, and revolutionaries who revive old doctrines, while their conservative and reactionary opponents are the inventors of new ones.
    —Alasdair Chalmers MacIntyre (b. 1929)