 | 1841
...more enlightened, and that this enlightening must be favourable to Protestantism, and unfavourable to Catholicism. We wish that we could think so. But...expectation. We see that during the last two hundred and fi(ty years, the human mind has been in the highest degree active — that it has made great advajces... | |
 | 1842
...must be tarorable to Protestantism, and unfavorable to Catholicism. We wish that we could think ro. But we see great reason to doubt whether this be a...fifty years the human mind has been in the highest oe»ree active — that it has made great advances in every branch of natural philosophy — that it... | |
 | Thomas Babington Macaulay Baron Macaulay - 1843
...more enlightened, and that this enlightening must be favourable to Protestantism, and unfavourable to Catholicism. We wish that we could think so. But...years, the human mind has been in the highest degree active—that it has made great advances in every branch of natural philosophy—that it has produced... | |
 | Thomas Babington Macaulay Baron Macaulay - 1846 - 758 páginas
...more enlightened, and that this enlightening must be favourable to Protestantism, and unfavourable ere libels, no doubt, and prophecies, and rumours,...grounds for a law innicttng capital penalties, ex sec that during the last two hundred and fifty years, the human mind has been in the highest degree... | |
 | ...Protestantism, and unfavourable to Catholicism. We wish thai we could think so. But we see great reason to douht whether this be a well-founded expectation. We see that, during the last two bundred and fifty years, the buman mind has !,e. ii in the highest degree active, that it has made... | |
 | 1852
...more enlightened, and that this enlightening must be favourable to Protestantism, and unfavourable was universal, and his affections seemed so publicly...with the most absolute spirit of popularity, and activethai it has made great advances in everj branch of natural philosophy — that it has pro duced... | |
 | Thomas Babington Macaulay Baron Macaulay - 1852 - 744 páginas
...more enlightened, and that this enlightening must be favourable to Protestantism, and unfavourable to Catholicism. We wish that we could think so. But we see great reason to doubt whether this be it well-founded expectation. We see that during the last two hundred and fifty years, the human mind... | |
 | Thomas Babington Macaulay Baron Macaulay - 1853
...more enlightened, and that this enlightening must be favourable to Protestantism, and unfavourable to Catholicism. We wish that we could think so. But we see great reason to doubt whether this be a well founded expectation. We see that during the last two hundred and fifty years the human mind has... | |
 | William Gideon Michael Jones Barker - 1854 - 296 páginas
...more enlightened, and that this enlightening must be favourable to Protestantism, and unfavourable to Catholicism. We wish that we could think so. But...well-founded expectation. We see that, during the last 250 years, the human mind has been in the highest degree active — that it has made great advances... | |
 | Thomas Babington Macaulay (baron [essays]) - 1854
...Catholicism. We wish that we could think so. But we see great reason to doubt whether this be a well founded expectation. We see that during the last two hundred...fifty years the human mind has been in the highest degrcs active, that it has made great advances in every branch of natural philosophy, that it has produced... | |
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We often hear it said that the world is constantly becoming more and more enlightened, and that this enlightening must be favourable to Protestantism, and unfavourable to Catholicism. We wish that we could think so. But we see great reason to doubt whether... 
