This must always be the Christian's defence when the world is scandalised by anything he does in obedience to Christ; when he goes in the face of its traditions and customs; when he is challenged for singularity, overpreciseness, or innovation.
"The Expositor's Bible: The Gospel of St. John, Vol. I"
Marcus Dods
But the most important and the most necessary innovation is the conversion of land and the instruments of production into the form of collective property.
"Contemporary Socialism"
John Rae
Apparently there was no tendency towards innovation and experiment in the matter of verse forms.
"Early Theories of Translation"
Flora Ross Amos