 ... 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 first dazzle and bewilder nations which have become half blind in the house of bondage. But let them gaze...  Essays, Critical and Miscellaneous - Page 13by Thomas Babington Macaulay Baron Macaulay - 1846 - 758 pagesFull view - About this book
 | Thomas Babington Macaulay Baron Macaulay - 1903 - 174 pages
...day: he is unable to discriminate colours, or recognise faces. But the remedy is, not to remand him 15 into his dungeon, but to accustom him to the rays...soon be able to bear it. In a few years men learn 20 to reason. The extreme violence of opinion subsides. Hostile theories correct each other. The scattered... | |
 | Thomas Babington Macaulay Baron Macaulay - 1903 - 310 pages
...is, not to remand him into his dungeon, but to accustom him to the rays of the sun. The blaze of 20 truth and liberty may at first dazzle and bewilder...reason. The extreme violence of opinion subsides. 25 Hostile theories correct each other. The scattered elements of truth cease to contend, and begin... | |
 | Thomas Babington Macaulay Baron Macaulay - English essays - 1903 - 644 pages
...1 The optimism of this passage is characteristic. 2 Orlando Furioso, canto xliii. , st. 78 et seg. of bondage. But let them gaze on, and they will soon...years men learn to reason. The extreme violence of opinions subsides. Hostile theories correct each other. The scattered elements of truth cease to contend,... | |
 | Lewis Henry Jones - Readers - 1904 - 328 pages
...but to accustom him to the rays of the sun. The blaze of truth and liberty may at first dazzle and 5 bewilder nations which have become half blind in the...years men learn to reason. The extreme violence of opinions subsides. Hostile theories correct each other. And at length a system 10 of justice and order... | |
 | University of Calcutta - 1910 - 684 pages
...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...to coalesce. And at length a system of justice and order is educed out of the chaos. Many politicians of our time are in the habit of laying it down as... | |
 | Fred Newton Scott, Joseph Villiers Denney - English language - 1911 - 488 pages
...leaves his cell he cannot bear the light of day ; he is unable to discriminate colors or recognize faces. But the remedy is, not to remand him into his...each other. The scattered elements of truth cease to contend, and begin to coalesce. And at length a system of justice and order is educed out of the chaos.... | |
 | Thomas Babington Macaulay Baron Macaulay - English literature - 1913 - 824 pages
...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...each other. The scattered elements of truth cease to contend, and begin to coalesce. And at length a system of justice and order is educed out of the chaos.... | |
 | Alleyne Ireland - 1914 - 262 pages
...There is only one cure for the evils which newly acquired freedom produces ; and that cure is freedom. The blaze of truth and liberty may at first dazzle...each other. The scattered elements of truth cease to contend, and begin to coalesce. And at length a system of justice and order is educed out of the chaos.... | |
 | Alleyne Ireland - 1914 - 264 pages
...There is only one cure for the evils which newly acquired freedom produces ; and that cure is freedom. The blaze of truth and liberty may at first dazzle...each other. The scattered elements of truth cease to contend, and begin to coalesce. And at length a system of justice and order is educed out of the chaos.... | |
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