 | Thomas Babington Macaulay Baron Macaulay - 1885 - 916 Seiten
...who resolved not to go into the water till he lad learnt to swim. If men are to wait "or liberty tfll omas Babington Macaulay Macaulay Therefore It is that we decidedly approve of the conduct of Milton and the other wise and good men... | |
 | South Carolina Bar Association - 1886 - 742 Seiten
...the fool in 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 become wise and good in slavery, they may, indeed, wait forever!" Says Bernard Holland : "British rule tends to destroy native originality, vigor, and initiative.... | |
 | Isaac E. Adams - 1886 - 840 Seiten
...people ought to be free till they are fit to use their freedom. ' If men are to wait for liberty until they become wise and good in slavery, they may indeed wait for ever.' It may be that there are evils resulting from the newly acquired freedom of the slave. But as Macaulay... | |
 | Robert Cochrane - 1887 - 572 Seiten
...the fool in the old story, who resolved not to go into the water till he had learnt to swim I If men ually selfreprodnctive volumes — Great Nature's Stereotypes — we see them individually perish Therefore it is said that we decidedly approve of the conduct of Milton and the other wise and good... | |
 | William Holmes McGuffey - 1888 - 316 Seiten
...the fool in 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 become wise and good in slavery, they may indeed wait forever. Definitions. — I. Dog'matigtn, great positiveness of opinion. A dogma is that laid down... | |
 | George Washington Julian - 1889 - 340 Seiten
...not to go into the water till you can swim.'' We agree with Lord Macaulay, that "if men are to wait till they become wise and good in slavery, they may indeed wait forever." In the second place, we believe it is far less difficult to manage a great mass of unenlightened... | |
 | Lord Randolph Henry Spencer Churchill - 1889 - 414 Seiten
...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 slaverv, they may indeed wait for ever.' No, gentlemen, we must not make mistakes in this matter. We... | |
 | Thomas Babington Macaulay Baron Macaulay - 1890 - 1100 Seiten
...the fool in the old story, who resolved not to go into the water till he had leamt to swim. If men Therefore it is that we decidedly approve of the conduct of Milton and the other wise and good men... | |
 | Emma J. Todd, W. B. Powell - 1890 - 522 Seiten
...the fool in 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 become wise and good in slavery, they may indeed wait for ever. — THOMAS B. MACACLAY. 17. THE ANTIQUITY OF FREEDOM. I. Here are old trees — -tall oaks and gnarled... | |
 | Blanche Wilder Bellamy, Maud Wilder Goodwin - 1890 - 410 Seiten
...the fool in 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 become wise and good in slavery, they may, indeed, wait forever ! THE BATTLE OF IVRY. THOMAS BABINGTON MACAULAY. Now glory to the Lord of hosts, from whom... | |
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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. 
