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All conservatism is based upon the idea that if you leave things alone you leave them as they are. But you do not. If you leave a thing alone you leave it to a torrent of change - GK Chesterton
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On this day:
Cook reaches New Zealand - 1769, The Great Fire of Newcastle and Gateshead - 1854, Broadwater Farm Riots - 1985, First Human-Powered Circumnavigation Ends - 2007
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