 Many politicians of our time are in the habit of laying it down as a selfevident proposition, that no people ought to be free till they are fit to use their freedom. The maxim is worthy of the fool in the old story, who resolved not to go into the water...  Essays, Critical and Miscellaneous - Página 13por Thomas Babington Macaulay Baron Macaulay - 1852 - 744 páginasVista completa - Acerca de este libro
 | William Swinton - 1883 - 492 páginas
...opinions subsides. Hostile theories correct each other. The scattered elements of truth cease to contend, and begin to coalesce. And, at length, a system of...proposition, that no people ought to be free till they are fit to use their freedom. The maxim is worthy of the fool in the old story, who resolved not to... | |
 | Thomas Babington Macaulay (baron [essays], Milton.), Alexander Mackie - 1884 - 216 páginas
...will soon be able to bear it. In a few years men learn to reason. The extreme violence of opinions subsides. Hostile theories correct each other. The...laying it down as a self-evident proposition, that no 5 people ought to be free till they are fit to use their freedom. The maxim is worthy of the fool in... | |
 | George Gilbert Ramsay - 1884 - 140 páginas
...destitute of capacity, and unequal to the charge. This augmented his perplexity and his fears. CXIX. Many politicians of our time are in the habit of laying...proposition that no people ought to be free till they are fit to use their freedom. The maxim is worthy of the fool in the old story, who resolved not to... | |
 | 1885 - 544 páginas
...leaves his cell, he cannot bear the light of day ; he is unable to discriminate colors or recognize faces. But the remedy is not to remand him into his...proposition that no people ought to be free till they are fit to use their freedom. The maxim is worthy of the fool in the old story who resolved not to... | |
 | George Gilbert Ramsay - 1885 - 388 páginas
...capacity, and unequal to the charge. This augmented his perplexity and his fears. EXERCISE CCLXXVIII. Many politicians of our time are in the habit of laying...proposition that no people ought to be free till they are fit to use their freedom. The maxim is worthy of the fool in the old story, who resolved not to... | |
 | Thomas Babington Macaulay Baron Macaulay - 1885 - 916 páginas
...opinions subsides, rlostile theories correct each other. The scattered elements of truth cease .o contend, and begin to coalesce. And at length a system of justice...is educed out of the chaos. Many politicians of our tune are in he hahit of laying it down as a selfevident proposition, that no people ought to be free... | |
 | South Carolina Bar Association - 1886 - 742 páginas
...cease to conflict and begin to coalesce ; and at length a system of justice and order is educed out of chaos. Many politicians of our time are in the habit...self-evident proposition that no people ought to be free until they are fit to use their freedom. The maxim is worthy of the fool in the old story, who resolved... | |
 | Robert Cochrane - 1887 - 572 páginas
...will soon be able to bear it. In a few years men learn to reason. The extreme violence of opinions rcle round him thrice, And close your eyes with holy...dread ; For he on honey-dew hath fed, And drunk the are fit to use their freedom. The maxim is worthy of "Orlando Furioso," canto 4S. 435 437 the fool... | |
 | Robert C. Ferguson - 1887 - 308 páginas
...Somewhat to the same effect he quotes that careful, and remarkably truthful writer, Macaulay, thus : " Many politicians of our time are in the habit of laying...proposition that no people ought to be free till they are fit to use their freedom. The maxim is worthy of the fool in the old story, who resolved not to... | |
 | Blanche Wilder Bellamy, Maud Wilder Goodwin - 1890 - 410 páginas
...The blaze of truth and liberty may at first dazzle and bewilder nations which have become half-blind in the house of bondage ; but let them gaze on, and...proposition that no people ought to be free till they are fit to use their freedom. The maxim is worthy of the fool in the old story, who resolved not to... | |
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