 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
 | Thomas Babington Macaulay Baron Macaulay - 1909 - 179 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 justice...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 - 1899 - 266 páginas
...subsides. Hostile theories correct each iu other. The scattered elements of truth cease to contend, and begin to coalesce. And at length a system of justice...chaos. Many politicians of our time are in the habit of 1s laying it down as a self-evident proposition, that no people ought to be free till they are fit... | |
 | David Josiah Brewer - 1899 - 498 páginas
...fire bell than to perish, amidst the flames, in our bed. Fitness for Self-Oovernment— TB Kacaulay : 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... | |
 | Henry Coppée - 1900 - 524 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... | |
 | Frances W. Lewis - 1900 - 334 páginas
...opinion subsides. Hostile theories correct each other. The scattered elements of truth cease to contend, and begin to coalesce. And at length a system of justice...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... | |
 | Stratton Duluth Brooks, Marietta Hubbard - 1905 - 458 páginas
...affects your decision. Notice how brief the argument is in the following selection from Macaulay : — 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... | |
 | 1907 - 356 páginas
...the frozen sod, Yet executes a freeman's will, As lightning does the will of God." — Pierpont. IX "Many politicians of our time are in the habit 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... | |
 | William Trufant Foster - 1908 - 516 páginas
...Publius Mucius was skilled in both. Macaulay employed this method in the following quotation : — 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... | |
 | University of Calcutta - 1910 - 682 páginas
...leaves his cell, he cannot bear the light of day — he is unable to discriminate colours, 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... | |
 | Eugene Arthur Hecker - 1910 - 328 páginas
...The blaze of truth and liberty may at first dazzle and bewilder nations which have become halfblind in the house of bondage. But let them gaze on, and...proposition, that no people ought to be free till they are General Considerations 273 fit to use their freedom. The maxim is worthy of the fool in the old... | |
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