 | Thomas Budd Shaw, William Smith - 1869 - 420 pages
...the habit of laying it down as d self-evident proposition, that no people ought to be free, till 'hey are fit to use their freedom. The maxim is worthy of the fool in the old storv, who resolved not to go into the water till he had learnt .. iwiml If men are to wait for liberty... | |
 | Thomas Budd Shaw, William Smith - 1850 - 492 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 till he had learnt to swim ! If men are to wait for liberty till they become wise and good in slavery, they may... | |
 | Thomas Babington Macaulay Baron Macaulay - 1871 - 704 pages
...contend, 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 till he had learnt to swim. If men are to wait for liberty till they become wise and good in slavery, they may... | |
 | Lewis Baxter Monroe - 1872 - 432 pages
...in st6ry; The long light shakes across the lakes, And the wild cataract leaps in glory. 3. The maxim that no people ought to be free till they are fit to use their freedom, is worthy of the fool in the old story, who resolved not to go into the water till he had learned to... | |
 | Thomas Babington Macaulay (baron [essays]) - 1874 - 264 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 till he had learnt to swim ! If men are to wait for liberty till they become wise and good in slavery, they may... | |
 | Thomas Babington Macaulay (baron [essays]) - 1874 - 328 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 till he had learnt to swim. If men are to wait for liberty till they become wise and good in slavery, they may... | |
 | Samuel Stillman Greene - 1874 - 336 pages
...their innocence. And all the Muse's tales seem truly told, Till the sense aches with gazing. The maxim that no people ought to be free till they are fit to use their freedom is worthy of the fool in the old story, who resolved not to go into the water till he had learned to... | |
 | Thomas Babington Macaulay Baron Macaulay - 1875 - 876 pages
...And at length a system of justice and order is educed out of the chaos. Many politicians of our tune are in the habit of laying it down as a selfevident...till they are fit to use their freedom. The maxim it worthy of the fool in the oM story who resolved not to go into the water till he hail learnt to... | |
 | Samuel Austin Allibone - 1876 - 768 pages
...contend, 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 free until they are fit to use their freedom. The maxim is worthy of the fool in the old story who resolved... | |
 | James Comper Gray - 1876 - 412 pages
...duty." — tíimms. a Nu. xi. 14; Is. Ivi. в. 7; Gal. in. 28; Eph. iv. 4— li. "Many p о Hticians are in the habit of laying it down as a selfevident proposition, that no people ouwht to be free till they are fit to use their freedom. The maxim is worthy of the fool In the old... | |
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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. 
