 | Edmund Burke - History - 1880 - 702 pages
...There is another note of warning which, as Mr. Fronde clearly shows, is sounded by the history of Rome, that " free nations cannot govern subject provinces....in pieces from mere incompetence for its duties." In tracing his hero's life, Mr. Froude has followed very much the lines laid down by Cicero in his... | |
 | James Anthony Froude - Fiction - 1879 - 646 pages
...as our love of liberty, might lead us over the same course to the same end. If there be one lesson which history clearly teaches, it is this, that free...fall in pieces from mere incompetence for its duties. We talk often foolishly of the necessities of things, and we blame circumstances for the consequences... | |
 | James Anthony Froude - Rome - 1880 - 592 pages
...as our love of liberty, might lead us over the same course to the same end. If there be one lesson which history clearly teaches, it is this, that free...fall in pieces from mere incompetence for its duties. We. talk often foolishly of the necessities of things, and we blame circumstances for the consequences... | |
 | Edmund Burke - Books - 1880 - 692 pages
...There is another note of warning which, as Mr. Froude clearly shows, is sounded by the history of Rome, that " free nations cannot govern subject provinces....in pieces from mere incompetence for its duties." In tracing his hero's life, Mr. Froude has followed very much the lines laid down by Cicero in his... | |
 | Edmund Burke - Books - 1880 - 712 pages
...There is another note of warning which, as Mr. Froude clearly shows, is sounded by the history of Rome, that " free nations cannot govern subject provinces....to share their own constitution, the constitution it self will fall in pieces from mere incompetence for its duties." In tracing his hero's life, Mr.... | |
 | William Dillon - Economics - 1882 - 278 pages
...in Mr. Froude's own historical writings. Take, for example, the following: " If there be one lesson which history clearly teaches it is this, that free...fall in pieces from mere incompetence for its duties. "J * " Short Studies" &c., vol. ip 12. t Id., p. 12. I will ask the reader to observe for a moment... | |
 | Albert Newton Raub - American literature - 1882 - 480 pages
...cannot govern subject provinces. If they are unable or unwilling to admit their dependencies to 20 share their own constitution, the constitution itself...fall in pieces from mere incompetence for its duties. We talk often foolishly of the necessities of things, and we blame circumstances for the consequences... | |
 | South Carolina Bar Association - Bar associations - 1886 - 742 pages
...that a people should directly attend to it."* The historian, Froude, said : ''If there be one lesson which history clearly teaches, it is this, that free...constitution, the constitution itself will fall in pieces through mere incompetence for its duties." Or, as Lincoln more briefly taught : "Those who deny freedom... | |
 | James Anthony Froude - Rome - 1886 - 608 pages
...as our love of liberty, might lead us over the same course to the same end. If there be one lesson which history clearly teaches, it is this, that free...subject provinces. If they are unable or unwilling to A admit their dependencies to share their constitution, the constitution itself will fall in pieces... | |
 | 1889 - 852 pages
...CHICAGO LETTER. In the first paragraph of his book on CiBsar, Mr. Froude says: "If there be one lesson which history clearly teaches, it is this — that...nations cannot govern subject provinces. If they are unwilling or unable to admit their dependencies to share their own constitution, the constitution itself... | |
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If there be one lesson which history clearly teaches, it is this, that free • nations cannot govern subject provinces. If they are unable or unwilling to admit their dependencies to share their own constitution, the constitution itself will fall in... 
