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 [essays], Milton.), Alexander Mackie - 1884 - 216 páginas
...discriminate colours or to 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 25 may at first dazzle and bewilder nations which have become half blind in the house of bondage. But... | |
| 1885 - 544 páginas
...to discriminate colors 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 conflict... | |
| Thomas Babington Macaulay Baron Macaulay - 1885 - 504 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,... | |
| Thomas Babington Macaulay Baron Macaulay - 1885 - 916 páginas
...remedy is, not to remand him nto his dungeon, but to accustom him .o the rays of the sun. The blaze ot l truth and liberty may at first dazzle and bewilder nations which have iecome half blind in the house of pondage. But let them gaze on, and .hey will soon be able to bear... | |
| Isaac E. Adams - 1886 - 840 páginas
...to discriminate colors 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...them gaze on and they will soon be able to bear it. • "Mr. Pendleton demands that this shall be a white man's government. Whether he intends to exclude... | |
| South Carolina Bar Association - 1886 - 742 páginas
...discriminate colors 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...first dazzle and bewilder nations which have become half-blind in the house of bondage; but, let them gaze on. and they will soon be able to bear it. In... | |
| 1887 - 524 páginas
...historical results of the united action of the two countries in a momentous crisis. Macaulay says : " The blaze of Truth and Liberty may at first dazzle...them gaze on, and they will soon be able to bear it." This being true, how appropriate the orator's opening words: " We dedicate this statue to the friendship... | |
| Blanche Wilder Bellamy, Maud Wilder Goodwin - 1890 - 410 páginas
...The blaze of truth and liberty may at first dazzle and bewilder nations which have become half-blind in the house of bondage ; but let them gaze on, and...years men learn to reason ; the extreme violence of opinion subsides ; hostile theories correct each other ; the scattered elements of truth cease to conflict,... | |
| Blanche Wilder Bellamy - 1890 - 410 páginas
...discriminate colors, 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...first dazzle and bewilder nations which have become half-blind in the house of bondage ; but let them gaze on, and they will soon be able to bear it. In... | |
| 1890 - 986 páginas
...occurs, but the reader will nevertheless divide the period into at least three modulative clauses: "The blaze of truth and liberty | may at first dazzle...which have become half blind in the house of bondage." Here the first section contains the subject of the sentence, the second the predicate, and the third... | |
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