| Samuel Austin Allibone - 1880 - 772 páginas
...in the habit of laying it down as a self-evident proposition that no people ought to be free until ncott company learned to swim. If men are to wait for liberty till they become wise and good in slavery, they may... | |
| 1881 - 578 páginas
...our time are in the habit of laying it down as a self-evident proposition that no people ought to be this kind, * "Orlando Furioso," canto 43. the fool in the old story, who resolved not to go into the water till... | |
| Thomas Babington Macaulay Baron Macaulay - 1882 - 878 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... | |
| James Platt - 1882 - 242 páginas
...till they are fit to use their freedom," is true, spite of Macaulay's brilliant remark : " Yet this maxim is worthy of the fool in the old story, who resolved not to go into the water till he had loarnt to swim. If men are to wait for liberty till ihey become wise and good in slavery, they may... | |
| James Taylor - 1882 - 282 páginas
...plausible maxim, that no people ought to be free till they are fit for their freedom, Macaulay said ' 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, they may... | |
| William Swinton - 1883 - 492 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... | |
| William Swinton - 1883 - 504 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... | |
| Thomas Babington Macaulay - 1883 - 1254 páginas
...are in the habit of laying it down as a selfevident proposition, that no people ought to be free tUl they are fit to use their freedom. The maxim is worthy of the fool in the olJ story who resolved not to go into the water till he had learnt to swim. If men are to wait for... | |
| Thomas Babington Macaulay (baron [essays], Milton.), Alexander Mackie - 1884 - 216 páginas
...time are in the habit of 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...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... | |
| George Gilbert Ramsay - 1884 - 140 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...the old story, who resolved not to go into the water until he had learned to swim. If men are to wait for liberty till they become wise and good in slavery... | |
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