 | 1835 - 932 pages
...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...of Milton and the other wise and good men who, in spile of much that was ridiculous and hateful in the conduct of their associates, stood firmly by the... | |
 | Thomas Babington Macaulay Baron Macaulay - 1840 - 466 pages
...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 forever. Therefore it is that we decidedly approve of the conduct of Milton and the other wise and... | |
 | John Holmes Agnew, Walter Hilliard Bidwell - 1844 - 614 pages
...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, they may indeed wait forever. Therefore it is that we decidedly approve of the conduct of Milton and the other wise and... | |
 | Waddy Thompson - 1846 - 336 pages
...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...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 discriminate... | |
 | Thomas Babington Macaulay Baron Macaulay - 1846 - 782 pages
...is worthy of the fool in the old story, who resolved not to go into the water till he had learnt to er w forever. Therefore it is that we decidedly approve of the conduct of Milton and the other wise and... | |
 | Waddy Thompson - 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 discriminate... | |
 | 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 V, 215.... | |
 | George Washington Light - 1847 - 398 pages
...idolatry of the masses 'for a Constitution which they, in too many cases, neither •read nor understand. IF men are to wait for liberty till they become wise and good in slavery, they may wait forever. — MACAULEY. KEEP AT WORK. Bv GW LIGHT. DOES a mountain on you frown ? Keep at work:... | |
 | Charles Buxton - 1848 - 652 pages
...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...and good in slavery, they may indeed wait for ever ! " * What, then, was to be done ? should things be left as they were ? To Mr. Buxton the answer was... | |
 | Bengal council of educ - 1848 - 394 pages
...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...and good in slavery, they may indeed wait for ever." POETRY. But not their joys alone thus coarsely flow ; Their morals, like their pleasures, are but low... | |
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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. 
