 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...  McGuffey's Alternate First[-sixth] Reader - Page 262by William Holmes McGuffey - 1888Full view - About this book
 | 1835 - 932 pages
...And 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 selfevident...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 - 1840 - 466 pages
...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 - English essays - 1840 - 464 pages
...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...and good in slavery, they may indeed wait forever. Therefore it is that we decidedly approve of the conduct of Milton and the other wise and good men... | |
 | Thomas Babington Macaulay Baron Macaulay - English essays - 1840 - 464 pages
...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... | |
 | Thomas Babington Macaulay Baron Macaulay - 1840 - 466 pages
...And 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 * Orlando Furioso, Canto 43. free till they are fit to use their freedom. The maxim is worthy of the... | |
 | Criticism - 1848 - 628 pages
...brilliancy leads many to overlook his profound political philosophy. " Many politicians of our time arc in the habit of laying it down as a self-evident proposition,...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 - Great Britain - 1843 - 390 pages
...And 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...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 pages
...And 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...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 - Mexico - 1846 - 336 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...who resolved not to go into the water till he had learnt to swim ! If 13* men are to wait for liberty, till they become wise and good in slavery, they... | |
 | Thomas Babington Macaulay Baron Macaulay - English literature - 1846 - 782 pages
...And at length a system of justice and onler is educed out of the chaos. Many politicians of our time n oܨ M \2\{"j ⠞ # ލa Ħ " B> N@ j C '+ |< $ 2 H = \r " 1$7 : am fit to use their freedom. The maxim is worthy of the fool in the old story, who resolved not to... | |
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