 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 - Σελίδα 4391848Πλήρης προβολή - Σχετικά με αυτό το βιβλίο
 | Thomas Babington Macaulay Baron Macaulay - 1866 - 704 σελίδες
...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 - 1866 - 432 σελίδες
...at length a system of justice and order is educed out of the chaos. Many politicians of our tune are in the habit of laying it down as a selfevident proposition,...no people ought to be free till they are fit to use then- freedom. The maxim U worthy of the fool in the old story who resolved not to go into the water... | |
 | James E. Munson - 1868 - 430 σελίδες
...justice and order is educed out of the chaos. Many politicians of our time are in the habit of laymg it down as a self-evident proposition, that no people...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, they may, indeed, wait forever.... | |
 | Charles A. Wiley - 1869 - 456 σελίδες
...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 selfevident 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, they may, indeed, wait... | |
 | Horace A. Cleveland - 1869 - 610 σελίδες
...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 learnt how to swim. If men are to wait for... | |
 | Thomas Budd Shaw, William Smith - 1869 - 420 σελίδες
...the habit of laying it down as d self-evident proposition, that no people ought to be free, till 'hey are fit to use their freedom. The maxim is worthy of the fool in the old storv, who resolved not to go into the water till he had learnt .. iwiml If men are to wait for liberty... | |
 | Thomas Budd Shaw, William Smith - 1850 - 492 σελίδες
...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 - 1871 - 704 σελίδες
...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... | |
 | 1872 - 514 σελίδες
...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, they may, indeed, wait... | |
 | James Eugene Munson - 1872 - 276 σελίδες
...length, a system of justice and order ia educed out of the chaos. Many politicians of our time are in the habit of laying it down as a self-evident proposition,...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, they may, indeed, wait forever.—Macaulay.... | |
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