| 1885 - 544 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. T. BABINOTON MACAULAY. THE SONG OF A SUMMER. PLUCKED an apple from off a tree, Golden and... | |
| George Gilbert Ramsay - 1885 - 388 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,... | |
| Thomas Babington Macaulay Baron Macaulay - 1885 - 916 páginas
...selfevident proposition, that no people ought to be free till they are fit to their freedom. The maxim vorthy lay lad learnt to swim. If men are to wait "or liberty tfll they become wise and good in slavery, they... | |
| South Carolina Bar Association - 1886 - 742 páginas
...in the habit of laying it down as a self-evident proposition that no people ought to be free until they are fit to use their freedom. The maxim is worthy...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,... | |
| 1898 - 848 páginas
...down as a self-evident proposition that no people ought to be free till they are fit to use the ir freedom. The maxim is worthy of the fool in the old...who resolved not to go into the water till he had learned to swim. — MACAULAY. PUBLISHED WEEKLY Е>У THE PUbLIC OPINION COMPANY- /NEW YORK TRADEMARK... | |
| Robert C. Ferguson - 1887 - 308 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." Since these sentences were written by Macaulay they must, of course,... | |
| Robert Cochrane - 1887 - 572 páginas
...our time are in the habit of laying it down as a self-evident proposition that no people ought to be aid, And on her dulcimer she pluj ed, Singing of Mount Abora. " Cou "Orlando Furioso," canto 4S. 435 437 the fool in the old story, who resolved not to go into the water... | |
| William Holmes McGuffey - 1888 - 316 páginas
...our times 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... | |
| Lord Randolph Henry Spencer Churchill - 1889 - 414 páginas
...own 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 learnt to swim. If men are to wait for liberty till they become wise and good in slaverv,... | |
| George Washington Julian - 1889 - 340 páginas
...not to go into the water till you can swim.'' We agree with Lord Macaulay, that "if men are to wait till they become wise and good in slavery, they may indeed wait forever." In the second place, we believe it is far less difficult to manage a great mass of unenlightened men... | |
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