 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...  Oral English: Or, The Art of Speaking - Page 152by Antoinette Knowles - 1916 - 361 pagesFull view - About this book
 | 1835 - 932 pages
...conflict, and begin to coalesce. 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...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,... | |
 | Thomas Babington Macaulay Baron Macaulay - 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...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,... | |
 | Thomas Babington Macaulay Baron Macaulay - 1840 - 464 pages
...conflict, and begin to coalesce. 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...self-evident proposition, that no people ought to be * Orlando Furioso, Canto 43. free till they are fit to use their freedom. The maxim ia worthy of the... | |
 | Thomas Babington Macaulay Baron Macaulay - 1843 - 390 pages
...conflict, and begin to coalesce. 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...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,... | |
 | 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,...the old story, who resolved 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... | |
 | John Holmes Agnew, Walter Hilliard Bidwell - 1844 - 614 pages
...conflict, and begin to coalesce. 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...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, they may... | |
 | Waddy Thompson - 1846 - 336 pages
...conflict, and begin to coalesce ; — 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...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,... | |
 | Thomas Babington Macaulay Baron Macaulay - 1846 - 782 pages
...conflict, and begin to coalesce. And at length a system of justice and onler is educed out of the chaos. er about the transactions in his family, flew into...proceeded to invent stories which might justify its a am fit to use their freedom. The maxim is worthy of the fool in the old story, who resolved not to... | |
 | Bengal council of educ - 1848 - 394 pages
...conflict, and begin to coalesce. 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...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,... | |
 | Edward Royall Tyler, William Lathrop Kingsley, George Park Fisher, Timothy Dwight - 1848 - 628 pages
...the words of a writer, whose brilliancy leads many to overlook his profound political philosophy. " Many politicians of our time are in the habit of laying...the old story, who resolved not to go into the water till he had learned to swim ! If men are to wait for liberty till they have become wise and good in... | |
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