 When a prisoner first leaves his cell he cannot bear the light of day : he is unable to discriminate colours, or recognize faces. But the remedy is, not to remand him into his dungeon, but to accustom him to the rays of the sun. The blaze of truth and...  The Gateway to Citizenship - Page 165by Carl Britt Hyatt - 1956Full view - About this book
 | Thomas Babington Macaulay Baron Macaulay - 1895 - 934 pages
...discriminate colours, or recognise faces. But the remedy is, not to remand him into his dungeon, but ious strife, What pain, we tug that galling load — a half-blind in the house of bondage. But let them gaze on, and they will soon be able to bear it. In... | |
 | Thomas Babington Macaulay Baron Macaulay - 1896 - 122 pages
...discriminate colors or recognize faces. But the remedy is, not to remand 5 him into his dungeon, but to accustom him to the rays of the sun. The blaze...first dazzle and bewilder nations which have become halfblind in the house of bondage. But let them gaze on, and they will soon be able to bear it. In... | |
 | John Lord - 1896 - 518 pages
...discriminate colors or recognize faces. But the remedy is, not to remand him into his dungeon, but to accustom him to the rays of the sun. The blaze...first dazzle and bewilder nations which have become halfblind in the house of bondage. But let them gaze on, and they will soon be able to bear it. In... | |
 | William Wilfred Birdsall, Rufus Matthew Jones - 1897 - 602 pages
...discriminate colors or to recognize faces. But the remedy is not to remand him into his dungeon, but to accustom him to the rays of the sun. The blaze...years men learn to reason. The extreme violence of opinion subsides. Hostile theories correct each other. The scattered elements of truth cease to conflict,... | |
 | 1897 - 884 pages
...occurs, but the reader will nevertheless divide the period into at least three modulative clauses : 'The blaze of truth and liberty | may at first dazzle...which have become half blind in the house of bondage.' Here the first section contains the BEADING AND SPEAKING. subject of the sentence, the second the predicate,... | |
 | Thomas Babington Macaulay Baron Macaulay - 1897 - 88 pages
...discriminate colors or recognize faces. But the remedy is, not to remand him into his dungeon, but to accustom him to the rays of the sun. The blaze of truth 5 and liberty may at first dazzle and bewilder nations which have become half blind in the house of... | |
 | Thomas Babington Macaulay Baron Macaulay - 1898 - 190 pages
...discriminate colors, or recognize faces. But the remedy is not to remand him into his dungeon, but to accustom him to the rays of the sun. The blaze...half blind in the house of bondage. But let them gaze oil, and they will soon be able to bear it. In a few years men learn to reason. The extreme violence... | |
 | Thomas Babington Macaulay Baron Macaulay - 1898 - 256 pages
...discriminate colors or recognize faces. But the remedy is, not to remand 5 him into his dungeon, but to accustom him to the rays of the sun. The blaze...first dazzle and bewilder nations which have become halfblind in the house of bondage. But let them gaze on, and they will soon be able to bear it. In... | |
 | Harry Thurston Peck - 1898 - 982 pages
...occurs, but the reader will nevertheless divide the period into at least three modulative clauses: "The blaze of truth and liberty | may at first dazzle...which have become half blind in the house of bondage." Here the first section contains the subject of the sentence, the second the predicate, and the third... | |
 | Thomas Babington Macaulay Baron Macaulay - 1898 - 254 pages
...The blaze of truth and liberty may at first dazzle and bewilder nations which have become halfblind in the house of bondage. But let them gaze on, and they will soon be able to bear it. In a few 10 years men learn to reason. The extreme violence of opinions subsides. Hostile theories correct each... | |
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