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. The maxim is worthy of the fool in the old story, who resolved not to go into the water... Macaulay's Essay on Milton - Page 54by Thomas Babington Macaulay Baron Macaulay - 1897 - 78 pagesFull view - About this book
| 1835 - 932 pages
...politicians of our time are in the habit of laying it down as a selfevident proposition, that no people ought to be free till they are fit to use their freedom....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 - English essays - 1840 - 466 pages
...laying it down as a self-evident proposition, that no people ought to be * Orlando FurioBO, Canto 43. free till they are fit to use their freedom. The maxim...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 - English essays - 1840 - 464 pages
...maxim is worthy of 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...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 good men... | |
| Thomas Babington Macaulay Baron Macaulay - English essays - 1840 - 464 pages
...ought to be * Orlando Furioso, Canto 43. free till they are fit to use their freedom. The maxim ia worthy of 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, they may... | |
| Criticism - 1848 - 628 pages
...of our time arc 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....not to go into the water till he had learned to swim I If men are to wait for liberty till they have become wise and good in slavery, they may indeed wait... | |
| Thomas Babington Macaulay Baron Macaulay - Great Britain - 1843 - 390 pages
...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....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... | |
| John Holmes Agnew, Walter Hilliard Bidwell - 1844 - 614 pages
...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....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,... | |
| Waddy Thompson - Mexico - 1846 - 330 pages
...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....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 - English literature - 1846 - 782 pages
...habit of laying it down as a self-evident proposition, that no people ought to be free till they am fit to use their freedom. The maxim is worthy of the...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... | |
| Waddy Thompson - Mexico - 1846 - 336 pages
...the fool in the old story( who resolved not to go into the water till he had learnt to swim ! If 13* men are to wait for liberty, till they become wise and good in slavery, they may indeed wait for ever." It is entirely true that it is not by keeping men in dark rooms that they are taught to... | |
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