 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...  Reviews, Essays, and Poems - Pagina 22door Thomas Babington Macaulay Baron Macaulay - 1890 - 1058 pagina’sVolledige weergave - Over dit boek
 | Emma J. Todd - 1896 - 522 pagina’s
...opinions subsides. Hostile theories correct each other. The scattered elements of truth cease to contend, and begin to coalesce. And, at length, a system of...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... | |
 | John Lord - 1896 - 518 pagina’s
...opinions subsides. Hostile theories correct each other. The scattered elements of truth cease to contend, and begin to coalesce ; and at length a system of...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... | |
 | Louis Klopsch - 1896 - 382 pagina’s
...While the earth bears a plant, or the sea rolls its waves. — ROBBRT TRBAT PAINB. Many politicians are in the habit of laying it down as a self-evident...who resolved not to go into the water till he had learned to swim. — MACAUI.AY. To have freedom is only to have that which is absolutely necessary... | |
 | William Wilfred Birdsall, Rufus Matthew Jones - 1897 - 602 pagina’s
...they will soon be able to bear it. In a few years men learn to reason. The extreme violence of opinion subsides. Hostile theories correct each other. The...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,... | |
 | Jenny H. Stickney Lansing - 1897 - 232 pagina’s
...subsides ; hostile theories correct each other ; the scattered elements of truth cease to contend, and begin to coalesce ; and at length a system of...The maxim is worthy of the fool in the old story who had resolved not to go into the water till he had learned to swim. If men are to wait for liberty till... | |
 | Thomas Babington Macaulay Baron Macaulay - 1897 - 282 pagina’s
...and begin to coalesce. And at length a system of justice and order is educed out of the chaos. 71. Many politicians of our time are in the habit of laying...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, chey may... | |
 | Thomas Babington Macaulay Baron Macaulay - 1897 - 88 pagina’s
...our time are in the habit of laying it down as a self-evident proposition, that no people ought 15 to be free till they are fit to use their freedom....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 Baron Macaulay - 1898 - 682 pagina’s
...opinions subsides. Hostile theories correct each other. The scattered elements of truth cease to contend, and begin to coalesce. And at length a system of justice...who resolved not to go into the water till he had learnt to swim. If men are to wait for liberty -j . till they become wise and good in slavery, they... | |
 | Thomas Babington Macaulay Baron Macaulay - 1898 - 254 pagina’s
...contend, and begin to coalesce; and at length a system of justice and order is educed out of the chaos. 15 Many politicians of our time are in the habit of laying...who resolved not to go into the water till he had learned to swim. If 20 men are to wait for liberty till they become wise and, good in slavery, they... | |
 | Joseph Patterson Smith - 1898 - 1180 pagina’s
...blind in the house of bondage; but let them gaze on, and they will soon be able to bear it. Many of the politicians of our time are in the habit of laying...who resolved not to go into the water till he had learned to swim. If men are to wait for liberty until they become wise and good in slavery,, they may,... | |
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