| Chauncey Allen Goodrich - 1875 - 968 страница
...opinioc of such men as I have mentioned, hare no sub • in in in 1 existence, are in truth every thing re far from thinking you capable o" heard, as well as I, t situation, and glow with zeal to fill our place as becomes our station and ourselves, we ought to auspicate... | |
| Lexington (Mass.) - 1875 - 198 страница
...illustrated her civic wisdom, and Sumter and Marion her martial prowess. " Magnanimity," says Mr. Burke, " is not seldom the truest wisdom ; and a great ^empire and little minds go ill. together." Fellow-citizens, I offer you to-day the fraternal, patriotic greetings of South Carolina, — of all... | |
| Hezekiah Niles - 1876 - 536 страница
...turn a wheel in the machine. But to men truly initiated and rightly taught, these ruling and master principles, which, in the opinion of such men as I...minds go ill together. If we are conscious of our situation, and glow with zeal to fill our place as becomes our station and ourselves, we ought to auspicate... | |
| George Bancroft - 1876 - 660 страница
...the opinion of such men as I have mentioned, have no substantial existence, are in truth every thing, and all in all. Magnanimity in politics is not seldom....minds go ill together. If we are conscious of our situation, and glow with zeal to fill our places as becomes our station and ourselves, we ought to... | |
| Samuel Austin Allibone - 1876 - 768 страница
...as the most fallacious of all sophistry. BuRKE: Speech on Conciliation with America, March 22, 1775. Magnanimity in politics is not seldom the truest wisdom...minds go ill together. If we are conscious of our situation, and glow with zeal to fill our place as becomes our station and ourselves, we ought to auspicate... | |
| Henry Norman Hudson - 1876 - 660 страница
...turn a wheel in the machine. But to men truly initiated and rightly taught, these ruling and master principles, which in the opinion of such men as I...mentioned have no substantial existence, are in truth every thing, and all in all. Magnanimity in politics is not seldom the truest wisdom ; and a great... | |
| Martha Gellhorn - 1988 - 354 страница
...table and screaming with fear of a mouse. I prefer Edmund Burke to any panic speeches from Washington: "Magnanimity in politics is not seldom the truest...a great empire and little minds go ill together." Rule by Terror July 1983 President Reagan once described the Vietnam catastrophe as "that noble cause."... | |
| Martha Gellhorn - 1988 - 354 страница
...prefer Edmund Burke to any panic speeches from Washington: "Magnanimity in politics is not seldom die truest wisdom; and a great empire and little minds go ill together." Tferrop July 1983 President Reagan once described the Vietnam catastrophe as "that noble cause." Recently... | |
| Robert Andrews - 1989 - 414 страница
...trade unionist He who gives food to the people will win. Lech Walesa (b. 1943) Polish Solidarity leader Magnanimity in politics is not seldom the truest wisdom;...and a great empire and little minds go ill together. Edmund Burke (1729-1797) Irish philosopher, statesman Politics is the diversion of trivial men who,... | |
| Peter David Garner Thomas - 1991 - 372 страница
...acknowledged that his plan would sound 'wild and chimerical to ... vulgar and mechanical politicans. . . . Magnanimity in politics is not seldom the truest wisdom,...a great empire and little minds go ill together.' Burke's vision of an empire in which the colonies were freely associated with Britain found little... | |
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