 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...  Essays on Milton and Addison - Page 63by Thomas Babington Macaulay Baron Macaulay - 1902 - 315 pagesFull view - About this book
 | 1835 - 932 pages
...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 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 - 466 pages
...be * Orlando FurioBO, Canto 43. 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 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
...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 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... | |
 | John Holmes Agnew, Walter Hilliard Bidwell - 1844 - 614 pages
...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 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
...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...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... | |
 | 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... | |
 | Languages, Modern - 1872 - 500 pages
...without indignation. Mit dem Indicativ findet sich till ohne grossen Unterschied von shall I, 41: If man are to wait for liberty till they become wise and good in slavery, they may indeed wait for ever. Im Deutschen kann man die Kraft dieses Indicative durch „wirklieh" verdeutlichen. Ferner... | |
 | Thomas Babington Macaulay Baron Macaulay - English literature - 1846 - 782 pages
...proposition, that no people ought to be free till they am fit to use their freedom. The 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 become wise and good in slavery, they may... | |
 | Waddy Thompson - Mexico - 1846 - 332 pages
...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 till he had learnt to swim ! If men are to wait for liberty, till they become wise and good in slavery, they may... | |
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