 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
 | Rudolph Wilson Chamberlain, Joseph Sheldon Gerry Bolton - 1923 - 396 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... | |
 | Kelly Miller - 1924 - 372 páginas
...There is only one cure for the evils which newly acquired freedom produces. That cure is more freedom. "Many politicians of our time are in the habit of...proposition that no people ought to be free till they are fit to use freedom. The maxim is worthy of the fool in the old story who resolved not to go into... | |
 | Dominic Barthel - 1927 - 790 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... | |
 | Elizabeth Avery, Jane Olive Dorsey, Vera Abigail Sickels - 1928 - 568 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 - 1912 - 462 páginas
...brief is the argument in the following selection from Macaulay. What general truth is to be inferred? 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... | |
 | International Brotherhood of Teamsters, Chauffeurs, Stablemen, and Helpers of America - 1917 - 754 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... | |
 | 1941 - 120 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... | |
 | United States. Office of Education - 1942 - 678 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... | |
 | Carl Britt Hyatt - 1956 - 248 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... | |
 | United States. Office of Education - 1942 - 694 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... | |
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