 But 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 bewilder nations which have become half blind in the house of bondage. But let them gaze on, and...  Critical and historical essays - Page 19by Thomas Babington Macaulay (baron [essays]) - 1883Full view - About this book
 | John Mason Duncan - Creeds - 1826 - 154 pages
...nations, which have become half blind in the house of bondage. But let them gaze on, and they shall soon be able to bear it. In a few years men learn...each other. The scattered elements of truth cease to conflict, and begin to coalesce. And at length a system of justice and order is educed out of the chaos."... | |
 | John Mason Duncan - Creeds - 1834 - 276 pages
...nations, which have become half blind in the house of bondage. But let them gaze on, and they shall soon be able to bear it. In a few years men learn...Hostile theories correct each other. The scattered fragments of truth cease to conflict, and begin to coalesce. And at length a system of justice and... | |
 | 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...each other. The scattered elements of truth cease to conflict, and begin to coalesce. And at length a system of justice and order is educed out of the chaos.... | |
 | Thomas Babington Macaulay Baron Macaulay - English essays - 1840 - 464 pages
...dazzle and bewilder nations which have become half blind in the house of bondage. But let them gaze on, and they will soon be able to bear it. In a few...each other. The scattered elements of truth cease to conflict, and begin to coalesce. And at length a system of justice and order is educed out of the chaos.... | |
 | John Holmes Agnew, Walter Hilliard Bidwell - 1844 - 614 pages
...opinion subsides. Hostile theories correct each other. The scattered elements of truth cease to conflict, and begin to coalesce. And at length a system of justice...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 free till they are fit... | |
 | Alexander Wilson M'Clure - Christianity - 1848 - 638 pages
...dazzle and bewilder nations "which have become half blind in the house of bondage. But let them gaze on, and they will soon be able to bear it. In a few...each other. The scattered elements of truth cease to conflict, and begin to coalesce. And at length a system of justice and order is educed out of the chaos.... | |
 | Bengal council of educ - 1848 - 394 pages
...dazzle and bewilder nations which have become half-blind in the house of bondage. But, let them gaze on, and they will soon be able to bear it . In a few...each other. The scattered elements of truth cease to conflict, and begin to coalesce. And at length a system of justice and order is educed out of the chaos.... | |
 | Education - 1851 - 626 pages
...dazzle and bewilder nations which have become half-blind in the house of bondage. But, let them gaze on, and they will soon be able to bear it. In a few...each other. The scattered elements of truth cease to conflict, and begin to coalesce. And at length a system of justice and order is educed out of the chaos.... | |
 | Epes Sargent - Elocution - 1852 - 568 pages
...subsides ; hostile theories correct each other ; the scattered elements of truth cease to conflict, and begin to coalesce ; and, at length, a system of...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 free till they are fit... | |
 | Epes Sargent - Readers - 1852 - 570 pages
...subsides ; hostile theories correct each other ; the scattered elements of truth cease to conflict, and begin to coalesce ; and, at length, a system of...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 free till they are fit... | |
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