 But we must remember how small a proportion the good or evil effected by a single statesman can bear to the good or evil of a great social system. Bishop Watson compares a geologist to a gnat mounted on an elephant, and laying down theories as to the...  Critical and Historical Essays - Page 278by Thomas Babington Macaulay Baron Macaulay - 1900Full view - About this book
 | Maurice Cross - 1835 - 508 pages
...prosperous amidst defeats. We read of the fall of wise ministers, and of the rise of profligate favourites. But we must remember how small a proportion the good...elephant, and laying down theories as to the whole internal structure of the vast animal, from the phenomena of the hide. The comparison is unjust to... | |
 | 1852 - 780 pages
...prosperous amidst defeats. We read of the fall of wise ministers, and of the rise of profligate favourites. But we must remember how small a proportion the good...elephant, and laying down theories as to the whole internal structure of the vast animal, from the phenomena of the hide. The comparison is unjust to... | |
 | Thomas Babington Macaulay Baron Macaulay - 1854 - 424 pages
...prosperous amidst defeats. We read of the fall of wise ministers, and of the rise of profligate favourites. But we must remember how small a proportion the good or evil affected by a single statesman can bear to the good or evil of a.-great...social,system. Bishop Watson... | |
 | 1856 - 560 pages
...prosperous amidst defeats. We read of the fall of wise ministers, and of the rise of profligate favourites; but we must remember how small a proportion the good...bear to the good or evil of a great social system." But of this sluggishness of imagination he has certainly no trace himself. He is willing to be " behind... | |
 | Richard Holt Hutton, Walter Bagehot - 1856 - 520 pages
...prosperous amidst defeats. We read of the fall of wise ministers, and of the rise of profligate favourites ; but we must remember how small a proportion the good...bear to the good or evil of a great social system." But of this sluggishness of imagination he has certainly no trace himself. He is willing to be " behind... | |
 | Thomas Babington Macaulay Baron Macaulay - 1860 - 426 pages
...prosperous amidst defeats. We read of the fall of wise ministers and of the rise of profligate favourites. But we must remember how small a proportion the good...elephant, and laying down theories as to the whole internal structure of the vast animal, from the phenomena of the hide. The comparison is unjust to... | |
 | Thomas Babington Macaulay Baron Macaulay - 1860 - 424 pages
...prosperous amidst defeats. We read of the fall of wise ministers and of the rise of profligate favourites. But we must remember how small a proportion the good...elephant, and laying down theories as to the whole internal structure of the vast animal, from the phenomena of the hide. The comparison is unjust to... | |
 | Thomas Babington Macaulay Baron Macaulay - 1897 - 1102 pages
...prosperous amidst defeats. We read of the fall of wise ministers and of the rise of profligate favourites. But we must remember how small a proportion the good...system. Bishop Watson compares a geologist to a gnat mountec on an elephant, and laying down theories as to the whole internal structure of the vast animal,... | |
 | Thomas Babington Macaulay Baron Macaulay - 1865 - 418 pages
...prosperous amidst defeats. We read of the fall of wise ministers and of the rise of profligate favourites. But we must remember how small a proportion the good...elephant, and laying down theories as to the whole internal structure of the vast animal, from the phenomena of the hide. The comparison is unjust to... | |
 | Thomas Babington baron Macaulay - 1865 - 488 pages
...prosperous amidst defeats. We read of the fall of wise ministers and of the rise of profligate favourites. But we must remember how small a proportion the- good...bear to the good or evil of a great social system. fn thn works of such writers as Knglnwl, at. thn close of the Yours' Wiir, is in the highest <>f |irns|iiT¡ty:... | |
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