 Many politicians of our time are in the habit of laying it down as a selfevident 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...  Essays, Critical and Miscellaneous - Page 13by Thomas Babington Macaulay Baron Macaulay - 1852 - 744 pagesFull view - About this book
 | Thomas Babington Macaulay Baron Macaulay - 1894 - 96 pages
...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...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... | |
 | Paul Bercy - French language - 1894 - 174 pages
...subsides. 3 Hostile theories correct each other. The scattered elements of truth cease to contend, and begin to coalesce. And, at length, a system of...chaos. Many politicians of our time are in the habit 5 of laying it down as a self-evident proposition, that no people ought to be free till they are 6... | |
 | Paul Bercy - French language - 1894 - 172 pages
...opinion subsides. 3Hostile theories correct each other. The scattered elements of truth cease to contend, and begin to coalesce. And, at length, a system of...the chaos. Many politicians of our time are in the habit6 of laying it down as a self-evident proposition, that no people ought to be free till they are6... | |
 | Paul Bercy - French language - 1894 - 186 pages
...theories correct each other. The scattered elements of truth cease to contend, and begin to coalesce. Ami, at length, a system of justice and order is educed...chaos. Many politicians of our time are in the habit 5 of laying it down as a self-evident proposition, that no people ought to be free till they are 6... | |
 | Thomas Babington Macaulay Baron Macaulay - English literature - 1895 - 934 pages
...opinions subsides. Hostile theories correct each other. The scattered elements of truth cease to contend, t the faults of Lord Mahon's book are precisely are fit to use their freedom. The maxim is worthy of the fool in the old story, who resolved not to... | |
 | English literature - 1895 - 508 pages
...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...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... | |
 | Thomas Babington Macaulay Baron Macaulay - 1895 - 90 pages
...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...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... | |
 | Thomas Babington Macaulay Baron Macaulay - 1895 - 256 pages
...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...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... | |
 | Thomas Babington Macaulay Baron Macaulay - 1895 - 298 pages
...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...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... | |
 | Thomas Babington Macaulay Baron Macaulay - 1895 - 282 pages
...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...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... | |
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