 | Zachariah Atwell Mudge - 1865 - 284 páginas
...old story, who resolved not to go into the water till he had learned to swim." He thought, " if men wait for liberty till they become wise and good in slavery, they may indeed wait for ever." In May, 1830, a crowded meeting was held in London, with Mr. Wilberforce in the chair. Mr.... | |
 | Thomas Babington Macaulay Baron Macaulay - 1866 - 704 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...become wise and good in slavery, they may indeed wait for ever. Therefore it is that we decidedly approve of the conduct of Milton and the other wise and... | |
 | Charles Bilton - 1866 - 264 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...become wise and good in slavery, they may indeed wait for ever. Macaiday. THE PROGRESS OF ENGLAND. THE history of England is emphatically the history of... | |
 | Thomas Babington Macaulay Baron Macaulay - 1866 - 432 páginas
...selfevident proposition, that no people ought to be free till they are fit to use then- freedom. The maxim U worthy of the fool in the old story who resolved not...are to wait for liberty till they become wise and о 2 good in slavery, they may indeed wait for ever. Therefore it is that we decidedly approve of the... | |
 | Thomas Babington Macaulay Baron Macaulay - 1866 - 596 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...resolved not to go into the water till he had learnt to O swim. If men are to wait for liberty till they become wise and good in slavery, they may indeed wait... | |
 | James E. Munson - 1868 - 430 páginas
...our time are in the habit of laymg 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,... | |
 | Charles A. Wiley - 1869 - 456 páginas
...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...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,... | |
 | Horace A. Cleveland - 1869 - 610 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 learnt how to swim. If men are to wait for... | |
 | Thomas Budd Shaw, William Smith - 1869 - 420 páginas
...the habit of laying it down as d self-evident proposition, that no people ought to be free, till 'hey are fit to use their freedom. The maxim is worthy of the fool in the old storv, who resolved not to go into the water till he had learnt .. iwiml If men are to wait for liberty... | |
 | William Smith, Benjamin Nicholas Martin - 1870 - 482 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...and good in slavery, they may indeed wait forever. FROM THE " ESSAY ON BARERE." 342 • EVILS OF THE REIGN OF TERROR. We could, we think, also show that... | |
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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. 
