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... Macaulay's Essays on Milton and Addison - Página 52por Thomas Babington Macaulay Baron Macaulay - 1893 - 190 páginasVista completa - Acerca de este libro
| 1835 - 932 páginas
...a selfevident 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 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 - 464 páginas
...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 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 - 464 páginas
...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... | |
| 1848 - 628 páginas
...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,...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... | |
| John Holmes Agnew, Walter Hilliard Bidwell - 1844 - 614 páginas
...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 until he had learnt to swim ! If men are to wait for liberty till they become wise and good in slavery,... | |
| Thomas Babington Macaulay Baron Macaulay - 1846 - 782 páginas
...a self-evident proposition, that no people ought to be free till they am fit to use their freedom. accounts of the separation, inconsistent with each other, with themselves, and with common sense, learnt to swim ! If men are to wait for liberty till they become wise and good in slavery, they may... | |
| Waddy Thompson - 1846 - 336 páginas
...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 till he had learnt to swim ! If 13* men are to wait for liberty, till they become wise and good in slavery, they... | |
| Waddy Thompson - 1846 - 330 páginas
...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...become wise and good in slavery, they may indeed wait for ever." It is entirely true that it is not by keeping men in dark rooms that they are taught to... | |
| 1872 - 500 páginas
...without indignation. Mit dem Indicativ findet sich till ohne grossen Unterschied von shall I, 41: If man are to wait for liberty till they become wise and good in slavery, they may indeed wait for ever. Im Deutschen kann man die Kraft dieses Indicative durch „wirklieh" verdeutlichen. Ferner... | |
| George Washington Light - 1847 - 398 páginas
...idolatry of the masses 'for a Constitution which they, in too many cases, neither •read nor understand. IF men are to wait for liberty till they become wise and good in slavery, they may wait forever. — MACAULEY. KEEP AT WORK. Bv GW LIGHT. DOES a mountain on you frown ? Keep at work:... | |
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