| Edmund Burke - 1865 - 592 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...substantial existence, are in truth everything, and all in all.VMagnanimity in politics is not seldom the truest wisdom ; and a great empire and little minds... | |
| 1886 - 924 страница
...forget — his speech on Conciliation with America, particularly the magnificent passage beginning, " Magnanimity in politics is not seldom the truest wisdom,...a great empire and little minds go ill together." You have echoed back the words in which, in his letter to the Sheriffs of Bristol on the hateful American... | |
| New York (State). Constitutional Convention - 1868 - 1070 страница
...admirer», will be widely distant from the lasting convictions of the heart. Let me say, with Edmund Burke, magnanimity in politics is not seldom the truest wisdom,...and a great empire and little minds go ill together. It is the love of the people, it is their attachment to their government, from the sense of the deep... | |
| George Perkins - 1869 - 60 страница
...peace-loving but a resolute people ; alienate not from your body the affections of a whole empire. 19. 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... | |
| English authors - 1869 - 458 страница
...the noblest specimen of his most elevated style. It is there that his celebrated aphorism occurs : ' Magnanimity in politics is not seldom the truest wisdom...a great empire and little minds go ill together.' In the former speech are found his famous portraits of his most eminent contemporaries — the great... | |
| 1872 - 556 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 places as becomes our station and ourselves, we ought to... | |
| Patrick O'Shea - 1873 - 524 страница
...tnrn a wheel in the machine. But to men truly initiated and rightly tanght, these ruling and master principles which, in the opinion of such men as I have mentioned, have no substantial ex istence, are, in truth, everything, and all in all. Magnanimity in politics is not seldom the truest... | |
| Noble Butler - 1874 - 342 страница
...CONJUNCTIONS. A CONJUNCTION is a word used to connect propositions or similar parts of propositions; as, "Magnanimity in politics is not seldom the truest...a great empire and little minds go ill together." — Burke. Here the first and connects two propositions; the second and conuccts two logical subjects,... | |
| George Rhett Cathcart - 1874 - 454 страница
...turn a wheel in tin' machine. But to men truly initiated and rightly taught, these ruling and master principles, which, in the opinion of such men as I...great empire and little minds go ill together. If we ure conscious of our situation, and glow with zeal to fill our places as becomes our station and ourselves,... | |
| Samuel Orchart Beeton - 1875 - 378 страница
...not fit to turn a wheel in the machine. But to men truly initiated and rightly taught, these ruling principles — which, in the opinion of such men as...and a great empire and little minds go ill together We ought to elevate our thoughts to the greatness of that trust to which the order of Providence has... | |
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