 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 - Page 22by Thomas Babington Macaulay Baron Macaulay - 1890 - 1058 pagesFull view - About this book
 | 1835 - 932 pages
...become half blind in Ihe house of bondage. But let them gaze on, and they will soon be able to bear il. In a few years men learn to reason. The extreme violence...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 - Great Britain - 1843 - 390 pages
...The blaze of truth and liberty may at first dazzle and bewilder nations which have become half blind in the house of bondage. But let them gaze on, and...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... | |
 | Criticism - 1848 - 628 pages
...brilliancy leads many to overlook his profound political philosophy. " Many politicians of our time arc in the habit of laying it down as a self-evident proposition,...who resolved not to go into the water till he had learned to swim I If men are to wait for liberty till they have become wise and good in slavery, they... | |
 | John Holmes Agnew, Walter Hilliard Bidwell - 1844 - 614 pages
...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 learnt to swim ! If men are to wait for liberty till they become wise and good in slavery,... | |
 | Waddy Thompson - Mexico - 1846 - 332 pages
...correct each other ; the scattered elements of truth cease to conflict, and begin to coalesce ; — at length a system of justice and order is educed...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 literature - 1846 - 782 pages
...habit of laying it down as a self-evident proposition, that no people ought to be free till they am fit to use their freedom. The maxim is worthy of the...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... | |
 | Bengal council of educ - 1848 - 394 pages
...the remedy is, not to remand him into his dungeon, but to accustom him to the rays of the sun. The blaze of truth and liberty may at first dazzle and...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... | |
 | Alexander Wilson M'Clure - Christianity - 1848 - 638 pages
...The blaze of truth and liberty may at first dazzle and bewilder nations "which have become half blind in the house of bondage. But let them gaze on, and...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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