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. The maxim is worthy of the fool in the old story, who resolved not to go into the water... The New Englander - 439. oldal1848Teljes nézet - Információ erről a könyvről
| 1835 - 930 oldal
...at length a system of justice and order is educed out of the chaos. Many politicians of our time are in the habit of laying it down as a selfevident proposition,...who resolved not to go into the water till he had learnt to swim ! If men are to wait for liberty till they become wise and good in slavery, they may... | |
| Thomas Babington Macaulay Baron Macaulay - 1840 - 470 oldal
...laying it down as a self-evident proposition, that no people ought to be * Orlando FurioBO, Canto 43. free till they are fit to use their freedom. The maxim...who resolved not to go into the water till he had learnt to swim ! If men are to wait for liberty till they become wise and good in slavery, they may... | |
| Thomas Babington Macaulay Baron Macaulay - 1840 - 464 oldal
...ought to be * Orlando Furioso, Canto 43. free till they are fit to use their freedom. The maxim ia worthy of the fool in the old story, who resolved not to go into the water till he had learnt to swim ! If men are to wait for liberty till they become wise and good in slavery, they may... | |
| Thomas Babington Macaulay Baron Macaulay - 1840 - 464 oldal
...at length a system of justice and order is educed out of the chaos. Many politicians of our time are in the habit of laying it down as a self-evident proposition, that no people ought to be * Orlando Furioso, Canto 43. free till they are fit to use their freedom. The maxim is worthy of the... | |
| Thomas Babington Macaulay Baron Macaulay - 1843 - 390 oldal
...at length a system of justice and order is educed out of the chaos. Many politicians of our time are in the habit of laying it down as a self-evident proposition,...who resolved not to go into the water till he had learnt to swim! If men are to. wait for liberty till they become wise and good in slavery, they may... | |
| John Holmes Agnew, Walter Hilliard Bidwell - 1844 - 614 oldal
...at length a system of justice and order is educed out of the chaos. Many politicians of our time are in the habit of laying it down as a self-evident proposition,...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 slavery,... | |
| Waddy Thompson - 1846 - 336 oldal
...length a system of justice and order is educed out of the chaos. " Many politicians of our time are in the habit of laying it down as a self-evident proposition,...who resolved not to go into the water till he had learnt to swim ! If 13* men are to wait for liberty, till they become wise and good in slavery, they... | |
| Thomas Babington Macaulay Baron Macaulay - 1846 - 782 oldal
...at length a system of justice and onler is educed out of the chaos. Many politicians of our time are family, flew into a violent passion with him, and...proceeded to invent stories which might justify its a am fit to use their freedom. The maxim is worthy of the fool in the old story, who resolved not to... | |
| Edward Royall Tyler, William Lathrop Kingsley, George Park Fisher, Timothy Dwight - 1848 - 628 oldal
...brilliancy leads many to overlook his profound political philosophy. " Many politicians of our time are in the habit of laying it down as a self-evident proposition,...not to go into the water till he had learned to swim ! If men are to wait for liberty till they have become wise and good in slavery, they may indeed wait... | |
| Bengal council of educ - 1848 - 394 oldal
...length a system of justice and order is educed out of the chaos. " Many politicians of our time are in the habit of laying it down as a selfevident proposition,...who resolved not to go into the water till he had learnt to swim ! If men are to wait for liberty till they become wise and good in slavery, they may... | |
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