 | Thomas Babington Macaulay Baron Macaulay - 1895 - 282 Seiten
...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, chey may indeed wait for ever. 72. Therefore it is that we decidedly approve of the conduct of Milton... | |
 | Emma J. Todd - 1896 - 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. MACAULAY. 17. THE ANTIQUITY OF FREEDOM. I. Here are old trees—-tall oaks and gnarled... | |
 | John Lord - 1896 - 518 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. Therefore it is that we decidedly approve of the conduct of Milton and the other wise and... | |
 | William Wilfred Birdsall, Rufus Matthew Jones - 1897 - 602 Seiten
...fool in the old story, who resolved not to go into the water until 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. JOHN HAMPDEN. FROM THE Edinburgh Review. IE had indeed left none his like behind him. There... | |
 | Franklin Thomas Baker, Ashley Horace Thorndike - 1918 - 432 Seiten
...fool in the old story, who resolved not to go 10 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. From MACAULAT'S Essay on Milton. HELPS TO STUDY Ariosto was a famous Italian poet. The story... | |
 | John Reinder Pelsma - 1918 - 516 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 slaver/, they may indeed wait forever. 9. Withdraw thy foot from thy neighbors' house lest he be weary... | |
 | William Cowper Brann - 1919 - 336 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 slavery, they may indeed wait forever." It is said that some men are born great, some achieve greatness, and some have it druv into... | |
 | Maurice Gerschon Hindus - 1920 - 400 Seiten
...worthy of the fool in the old story, who resolved not to go into water until he learned to swim. If men are to wait for liberty till they become wise and good in slavery they may, indeed, wait forever." BIBLIOGRAPHY Avilov, B., Nastoyashtcheye i Budushtcheye Narodnavo Khosiaystva v Rossii. Bernatzky,... | |
 | Gustav Wendt - 1923 - 188 Seiten
...to do us harm in the future it will not be by landing troops on our shores. f) To be to ... If men are to wait for liberty till they become wise and good in slavery, they may indeed wait for ever. — The functions and scope of the new Constitution have yet to be settled: for instance, how long... | |
 | Algernon de Vivier Tassin - 1923 - 456 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. TB MACAULAY — Milton 318. IN IMMEMORIAM WE seek to know, and knowing, seek; We seek, we... | |
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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. 
