When a prisoner first leaves his cell he cannot bear the light of day : he is unable to discriminate colours, or recognize faces. But the remedy is, not to remand him into his dungeon, but to accustom him to the rays of the sun. The blaze of truth and... The Gateway to Citizenship - Página 165por Carl Britt Hyatt - 1956Visualização integral - Acerca deste livro
| Thomas Babington Macaulay Baron Macaulay - 1875 - 876 páginas
...remedy is, not to remand him into his dungeon, but to accustom him to the rays of the sun. The blaze ol truth and liberty may at first dazzle and bewilder nations which have become half blind in the house ol bondage. But let them gaze on, and they will soon be able to bear it. In a few years men learn to... | |
| Samuel Austin Allibone - 1876 - 768 páginas
...discriminate colours or recognize faces. But the remedy is, not to remand him into his dungeon, but to accustom him to the rays of the sun. The blaze...years men learn to reason. The extreme violence of opinion subsides. Hostile theories correct each other. The scattered elements of truth cease to contend,... | |
| Thomas Babington Macaulay Baron Macaulay - 1877 - 898 páginas
...truth and liberty may at first dazzle and bewilder nations which have become half blind in the house ol bondage. But let them gaze on, and they will soon...able to bear it. In a few years men learn to reason. Tha extreme violence of opinions subsides. Hostile theories correct each other. The scattered elements... | |
| 1878 - 312 páginas
...discriminate colours or recognise faces. But the remedy is not to remand him into his dungeon, but to accustom him to the rays of the sun. The blaze...years men learn to reason. The extreme violence of opinion subsides. Hostile theories correct each other. The scattered elements of truth cease to contend,... | |
| Alexander Melville Bell - 1878 - 254 páginas
...his cell he cannot bear the light of day. But the remedy is not to remand him into his dungeon, but to accustom him to the rays of the sun. The blaze of truth and libertv may at first dazzle and bewilder nations which have become half blind in the house of bondage.... | |
| Samuel Austin Allibone - 1880 - 772 páginas
...discriminate colours or recognize faces. But the remedy is, not to remand him into his dungeon, but opinion subsides. Hostile theories correct each other. The scattered elements of truth cease to contend,... | |
| John Clark Ridpath - 1881 - 342 páginas
...history alone remains upon the stage as the immortal citizen of all nations and ages. — Schiller. 6. The blaze of truth and liberty may at first dazzle...them gaze on, and they will soon be able to bear it. — -Macaulay. 7. Turning to the other half of the world of life, picture to yourselves the great Finner... | |
| Thomas Babington Macaulay - 1883 - 1254 páginas
...discriminate colours, or recognise faces. But the remedy is, not to remand him into his dungeon, but to accustom him to the rays of the sun. The blaze...nations which have become half blind in the house oi bondage. But let them gaze on, and they wUl soon be able to bear it. In a few years men learn to... | |
| Thomas Babington Macaulay (baron [essays]) - 1883 - 876 páginas
...discriminate colours, or recognise faces. But the remedy is, not to remand him into his dungeon, but lo ession, and personally courageous, wanted vigour half-blind in the house of bondage. " But let them gaze on, and they will soon be able to bear it.... | |
| Thomas Babington Macaulay (baron [essays]) - 1883 - 874 páginas
...discriminate colours, or recognise faces, but the remedy is, not to remand him into his dungeon, but to accustom him to the rays of the sun. The blaze of truth and liberty may at firu dazzle and bewilder nations which have become half-blind in the house of bondage. But let them... | |
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