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We accept the verdict of the past until the need for change cries out loudly enough to force upon us a choice between the comforts of further inertia and the exertion involved in a new action.
— Bertrand Russell, The Problems of Philosophy (1912)

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We accept the verdict of the past until the need for change cries out loudly enough to force upon us a choice between the comforts of inertia and the terrors of a too-little-explored future.

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The Gregorian Calendar Edition, Part II

Great Britain knew that it had a problem and that its calendar was less accurate, but inertia is a powerful force, and calendar reform was deferred until 1751.

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We accept the verdict of the past until the need for change cries out loudly enough to force upon us a choice between the comforts of further inertia and the anguish of action.

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We accept the verdict of the past until the need for change cries out loudly enough to force upon us a choice between the comforts of further inertia and the irksomeness of action.

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