Many politicians are in the habit of laying it down as a self-evident proposition that no people ought to be free till they are fit to use their freedom. The maxim is worthy of the fool in the old story who resolved not to go into the water till he had learned to swim.
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Few of the many wise apothegms which have been uttered have prevented a single foolish action.
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The English Bible - a book which, if everything else in our language should perish, would alone suffice to show the whole extent of its beauty and power.
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We hold that the most wonderful and splendid proof of genius is a great poem produced in a civilized age.
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We know no spectacle so ridiculous as the British public in one of its periodical fits of morality.
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The measure of a man's real character is what he would do if he knew he would never be found out.
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