 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
 | English essays - 1852 - 780 pages
...at length a system of justice and order is educed out of the chaos. Many politicians of our time are t & . | m l * m ~ e | } ~ h f g h i j k n o / Y 3 arc fi< to use their freedom. The maxim is worthy of the fool in the old story, who resolved not to... | |
 | Epes Sargent - Elocution - 1852 - 570 pages
...and]_atLJeitgth1 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 Pcople ought to be frce till they are fit to use their frcedom. The maxim is worthy of the fool in... | |
 | EDMUND FLAGG - 1853 - 466 pages
...Is it true? Is it reasonable ? Let us examine. * "Many politicians of our time," says Macauley, "are in the habit of laying it down as a self-evident proposition,...their freedom. The maxim is worthy of the fool in the story, who resolved not to go into tho water till he had learnt to swim ! If men are to \vuit for liberty... | |
 | Elocution - 1854 - 576 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,...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, thpy may, indeed, wait... | |
 | Charles Buxton - Antislavery movements - 1855 - 862 pages
...Not soon, nor without a struggle, was that hope given up ; so plausible does the proposition seem, that " no people ought to be free till they are fit to use their freedom." " Yet this maxim," says a brilliant writer of our day, " is worthy of the fool in the old story, who... | |
 | Thomas Babington Macaulay Baron Macaulay - English literature - 1856 - 752 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... | |
 | Thomas Babington Macaulay Baron Macaulay - English essays - 1856 - 770 pages
...al 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 free till they are fi: to use their freedom. The maxim is worthy of the fool in the old story, who resolved not to go... | |
 | Jan Carel Balthasar Theodoor Nedermeijer van Rosenthal - 1857 - 24 pages
...ne sont la récolte. XXX. Egregie ampl. MACAULAY (Essays I. p. 41). Many politicians of our time are in the habit of laying it down as a self-evident proposition,...no people ought to be free till they are fit to use ther freedom. 11 The maxim is worthy of the fool in the old story who resolved not to go into the water... | |
 | African Americans - 1858 - 1094 pages
...length a system of consistence 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,...their freedom. The maxim is worthy of the fool in the story, who resolved not to go into the water till he had learned how to swim ! If men are to wait for... | |
 | Thomas Babington Macaulay Baron Macaulay - 1858 - 780 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 free till they am u. to use their freedom. The maxim is worthy of the fool in the old story, who resolved not tc go... | |
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