| George Gilbert Ramsay - 1884 - 140 páginas
...augmented his perplexity and his fears. CXIX. Many politicians of our time are in the habit of laying it down as a self-evident proposition that no people...the old story, who resolved not to go into the water until he had learned to swim. If men are to wait for liberty till they become wise and good in slavery... | |
| Thomas Babington Macaulay (baron [essays], Milton.), Alexander Mackie - 1884 - 216 páginas
...politicians of our time are in the habit of laying it down as a self-evident proposition, that no 5 people ought to be free till they are fit to use their...who resolved 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... | |
| George Gilbert Ramsay - 1885 - 388 páginas
...perplexity and his fears. EXERCISE CCLXXVIII. Many politicians of our time are in the habit of laying it down as a self-evident proposition that no people...the old story, who resolved not to go into the water until he had learned to swim. If men are to wait for liberty till they become wise and good in slavery,... | |
| Thomas Babington Macaulay Baron Macaulay - 1885 - 916 páginas
...justice and order is educed out of the chaos. Many politicians of our tune are in he hahit of laying it down as a selfevident proposition, that no people ought to be free till they are fit to their freedom. The maxim vorthy of the fool in the old story who resolved not to go into the water... | |
| Isaac E. Adams - 1886 - 840 páginas
...problem. Mr. Pendleton seems to belong to that class of politicians who are in the habit of laying it down as a self-evident proposition, that no people...to be free till they are fit to use their freedom. ' If men are to wait for liberty until they become wise and good in slavery, they may indeed wait for... | |
| 1898 - 848 páginas
...BituminousInterestsCombining 125 French Agricultural Statistics . ¿25 Many politicians 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 the ir freedom. The maxim is worthy of the fool in the old story who resolved not to go into the water... | |
| South Carolina Bar Association - 1886 - 742 páginas
...of justice and order is educed out 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 until they are fit to use their freedom. The maxim is worthy of the fool in the old story, who resolved... | |
| Robert C. Ferguson - 1887 - 308 páginas
...remarkably truthful writer, Macaulay, thus : " Many politicians of our time are in the habit of laying it down as a self-evident proposition that no people...the old story, who resolved not to go into the water until he had learned to swim." Since these sentences were written by Macaulay they must, of course,... | |
| Robert Cochrane - 1887 - 572 páginas
...justice and order is educed out of the chaos. Many politicians of our time are in the habit of laying l with a dulcimer, In a vision once I saw, It was...dulcimer she pluj ed, Singing of Mount Abora. " Cou "Orlando Furioso," canto 4S. 435 437 the fool in the old story, who resolved not to go into the water... | |
| William Holmes McGuffey - 1888 - 316 páginas
...justice and order is educed out of the chaos. 6. Many politicians of our times are in the habit of laying it down as a self-evident proposition that no people...who resolved 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... | |
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