 | 1870 - 582 páginas
...envy and complaint. 'The more carefully (he adds) we examine the history of the past, the more reason shall we find to dissent from those who imagine that...which discerns and the humanity which remedies them." * In Defoe's ' Giving Alms no Charity,' published in 1704, we find :— ' I make no difficulty to promise... | |
 | Henry Theodore Tuckerman - 1849 - 290 páginas
...Charles, we are assured that—" the more we examine the history of the past, the more reason we shall find to dissent from those who imagine that our age...which discerns, and the humanity which remedies them." Elsewhere he speaks of " the implacable hatred of an apostate"—of " the fortitude which is derived... | |
 | Henry Theodore Tuckerman - 1849 - 296 páginas
...Charles, we are assured that—" the more we examine the history of the past, the more reason we shall find to dissent from those who imagine that our age...which discerns, and the humanity which remedies them." Elsewhere he speaks of " the implacable hatred of an apostate"—of "the fortitude which is derived... | |
 | 1849 - 638 páginas
...subsistence by £12,000 a year. The more carefully we examine the history of the past, the more reason shall we find to dissent from those who imagine that...evils. The truth is, that the evils are, with scarcely any exception, old. That which is new is the intelligence which discerns and the intelligence which... | |
 | Thomas Babington Macaulay Baron Macaulay - 1850 - 552 páginas
...twelve thousand pounds a year.* The more carefully we examine the history of the past, the more reason shall we find to dissent from those who imagine that...humanity which remedies them. When we pass from the weavers»of cloth to a different class of artisans, our inquiries will still lead us to nearly the... | |
 | William Maxwell - 1850 - 502 páginas
...Light and Life. SOCIAL EVILS. The more carefully we examine the history of the past, the more reason shall we find to dissent from those who imagine that...intelligence which discerns, and the humanity which remedies them.—Macaulay. ADVICE TO READERS. The Duke of Argyll, in a recent address to the members of the... | |
 | Eliza Cook - 1850 - 432 páginas
...Mr. Macaulay well observes—"the more carefully we examine the history of the past, the more reason shall we find to dissent from those who imagine that...evils. The truth is that the evils are, with scarcely one exception, old; that which is new, is the intelligence which Jiscerns, and the humanity which remedies... | |
 | William Johnston - 1851 - 376 páginas
...volume of his History, that, "the more carefully we examine the history of the past, the more reason shall we find to dissent from those who imagine that...which discerns, and the humanity which remedies them." This is a strong assertion, but not a considerate one. It is true that evils in the state of society... | |
 | British nation - 1851 - 208 páginas
...opinion expressed by an eminent historian, that the evils are, with scarcely an exception, old—while that which is new is the intelligence which discerns, and the humanity which seeks to remedy them. The most conspicuous feature of our country's commercial greatness, at the present... | |
 | William Rathbone Greg - 1853 - 598 páginas
...bare. 1 " The more carefully," says he, " we examine the history of the past, the more reason we shall find to dissent from those who imagine that our age...which discerns and the humanity which remedies them. The more we study the annals of the past, the more shall we rejoice that we live in a merciful age,... | |
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shall we find to dissent from those who imagine that our age has been fruitful of new social evils. The truth is that the evils are, with scarcely an exception, old. That which is new is the intelligence which discerns and the humanity which remedies... 
