 | 1835 - 932 σελίδες
...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...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 - 1840 - 466 σελίδες
...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 - 1840 - 464 σελίδες
...maxim is 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 indeed wait forever. Therefore it is that we decidedly approve of the conduct of Milton and the other... | |
 | Thomas Babington Macaulay Baron Macaulay - 1840 - 464 σελίδες
...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... | |
 | 1848 - 628 σελίδες
...Many politicians of our time arc 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...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 may indeed wait... | |
 | Thomas Babington Macaulay Baron Macaulay - 1843 - 390 σελίδες
...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...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 σελίδες
...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...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 - 1846 - 336 σελίδες
...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...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 - 1846 - 782 σελίδες
...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... | |
 | Waddy Thompson - 1846 - 330 σελίδες
...maxim is 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 indeed wait for ever." It is entirely true that it is not by keeping men in dark rooms that they are... | |
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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... 
