 | 1854 - 576 páginas
...our time are in the habit of laying it down as a self-evident proposition, that no People ought to be free till they are fit to use their freedom. The maxim...who resolved not to go into the water till he had learned to swim ! If men are to wait for liberty till they become wise and good in slavery, thpy may,... | |
 | Charles Buxton - 1855 - 862 páginas
...free till they are fit to use their freedom." " Yet this maxim," says a brilliant writer of our day, " is worthy of the fool in the old story, who resolved...become wise and good in slavery, they may indeed wait for ever ! " * What, then, was to be done ? Should things be left as they were ? To Mr. Buxton the... | |
 | Thomas Babington Macaulay Baron Macaulay - 1856 - 770 páginas
...of laying it down as a self-evident proposition, that no people ought to be free till they are fi: to use their freedom. The maxim is worthy of the fool...learnt to swim ! If men are to wait for liberty till (hey become wise and good in slavery, they may indeed wait forever. Therefore it is that we decidedly... | |
 | Jan Carel Balthasar Theodoor Nedermeijer van Rosenthal - 1857 - 24 páginas
...self-evident proposition, that no people ought to be free till they are fit to use ther freedom. 11 The maxim is worthy of the fool in the old story who...become wise and good in slavery, they may indeed wait for ever. ... | |
 | Thomas Babington Macaulay Baron Macaulay - 1858 - 780 páginas
...habit of laying it down as a self-evident proposition, that no people ought to be free till they am u. hanges there is one, and one only, whose conduct partiality tc go into the water till he had learnt to swim ! If men are to wait for liberty till they become wise... | |
 | 1858 - 1094 páginas
...our time are in the habit of laying it down as a self-evident 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 story, who resolved not to go into the water till he had learned how to swim ! If men are to wait for... | |
 | Thomas Babington Macaulay Baron Macaulay - 1860 - 820 páginas
...of laying it down as a self-evident proposition, that no people ought to be free till they arc fi. to use their freedom. The maxim is worthy of the fool in the old story, who resolved not tc go into the water till he had learnt to swim ! If men are to wait for liberty till they become wise... | |
 | Epes Sargent - 1862 - 564 páginas
...is worthy of the fool in the old story, -who resolved not to go into the water till he had learned to swim ! If men are to wait for liberty till they become wise and good in slavery, thpy may, indeed, wait forever ' 118. THE REFORM BILL A SECOND BILL OF RIGHTS, .In v B, 1331 — Id.... | |
 | John Watts De Peyster - 1863 - 84 páginas
...our time are in the habit of laying it down as a self evident proposition, that no people ought to be free till they are fit to use their freedom. The maxim...who resolved not to go into the water till he had learned to swim ? If Men are to wait for Liberty till they become wise and good in Slavery, they may... | |
 | Hubert Ashton Holden - 1864 - 592 páginas
...our time are in the habit of laying it down as a self-evident proposition, that no people ought to be free, till they are fit to use their freedom. The...become wise and good in slavery', they may indeed wait for ever. TB MACAULAY 26l. NOTIONS OF PLATO UPON THE PUNISHMENT OF THE VOLUPTUOUS. There is not, in... | |
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Many politicians of our time are in the habit of laying it down as a self-evident proposition, that no people ought to be free till they are fit to use their freedom. 
