 | Anna Garlin Spencer - 1923 - 338 páginas
...household, and even those engaged in business have a fair idea of politics. "The great impediment to right action is, in our opinion, not discussion, but the want of that knowledge which may be gained by discussion. "We do good to our neighbors not upon a calculation of interest but in... | |
 | 1881 - 534 páginas
...but as a useless, character ; and if few of us are originators, we are all sound judges of a policy. The great impediment to action is, in our opinion,...power of thinking before we act and of acting too, whereas other men are courageous from ignorance but hesitate upon reflection. And they are surely to... | |
 | Thucydides - 1881 - 742 páginas
...of generous I. ... confidence that knowledge which is gained by discussion preparatory of freedom. to action. For we have a peculiar power of thinking before we act and of acting too, whereas other men are courageous from ignorance but hesitate upon reflection. And they are surely to... | |
 | Thucydides - 1883 - 732 páginas
...ofUfreeIiom. useless character ; and if few of us are originators, we are all sound judges of a policy. The great impediment to action is, in our opinion,...power of thinking before we act and of acting too, whereas other men are courageous from ignorance but hesitate upon reflection. And they are surely to... | |
 | Griffith, Farran, Browne and co - 1883 - 392 páginas
...but as a useless character ; and if few of us are originators, we are all sound judges of a policy. The great impediment to action is, in our opinion,...power of thinking before we act, and of acting too, whereas other men are courageous from ignorance, but hesitate upon reflection. And they are surely... | |
 | William Cleaver Wilkinson - 1884 - 350 páginas
...but as a useless character ; and if few of us are originators, we are all sound judges of a policy. The great impediment to action is, in our opinion,...gained by discussion preparatory to action. For we have *. peculiar power of thinking before we act, and of acting too, whereas other men are courageous from... | |
 | William Cleaver Wilkinson - 1884 - 344 páginas
...but as a useless character ; and if few of us are originators, we are all sound judges of a policy. The great impediment to action is, in our opinion, not discussion, but the want of that know ledge which is gained by discussion preparatory to action. For we have a peculiar power of thinking... | |
 | George Park Fisher - 1885 - 778 páginas
...harmless, but as a useless character; and, if few of us are originators, we arc all sound judges of policy. The great impediment to action is, in our opinion,...power of thinking before we act, and of acting too; whereas other men are courageous from ignorance, but hesitate upon reflection. And they are surely... | |
 | George Park Fisher - 1885 - 788 páginas
...harmless, but as a useless character; and, if few of us are originators, we arc all sound judges of policy. The great impediment to action is, in our opinion,...knowledge which is gained by discussion preparatory 10 action. For we have a peculiar power of thinking before we act, and of acting too; whereas other... | |
 | William Parsons Atkinson - 1888 - 74 páginas
...harmless, but as a useless character; and if few of us are originators, we are all sound judges of policy. The great impediment to action is, in our opinion,...which is gained by discussion, preparatory to action." l Have we gained much on this ideal of a citizen of a free republic in the thirteen centuries since... | |
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The great impediment to action is, in our opinion, not discussion, but the want of that knowledge which is gained by discussion preparatory to action. For we have a peculiar power of thinking before we act and of acting too, whereas other men .are courageous... 
