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tempora mutantur tem-po-ra moo-TAWN-tyoor phrase the times are changing 1869OverdaleHe was; but tempora mutantur, you know.1920A Poor Wise ManSome young whipper snapper who employed a handful of men had undertaken to show him where he, Anthony Cardew, was a clog in the wheel of progress. Not in so many words, but he had said: 'Tempora mutantur, Mr. Cardew. And the wise employer meets those changes half-way.Labels: Emma Jane Worboise, Mary Roberts Rinehart
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