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 - Page 4391848Full view - About this book
| 1835 - 932 pages
...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 - English essays - 1840 - 466 pages
...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 - English essays - 1840 - 464 pages
...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 - English essays - 1840 - 464 pages
...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 - Great Britain - 1843 - 390 pages
...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 pages
...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 - Mexico - 1846 - 336 pages
...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 - English literature - 1846 - 782 pages
...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 - United States - 1848 - 628 pages
...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 pages
...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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