 | Peter David Garner Thomas - 1991 - 357 страници
...his plan would sound 'wild and chimerical to ... vulgar and mechanical politicans. . . . Magnanimity in politics is not seldom the truest wisdom, and 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... | |
 | Edmund Burke - 1993 - 328 страници
...have no substantial existence, are in truth every thing, and all in all. 126 Magnanimity in politicks is not seldom the truest wisdom; and a great empire...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... | |
 | Don Cook - 1996 - 416 страници
...dispute is not upon what it is avowed to be." Then he added lines that ring in history: "Magnanimity in politics is not seldom the truest wisdom; and a great Empire and little minds go ill together." Franklin's voyage home was a long one. He used the early part of the trip to write a lengthy journal... | |
 | Edmund Burke - 1997 - 702 страници
...have mentioned have no substantial existence, are in truth everything, and all in all. Magnanimity in politics is not seldom the truest wisdom; and a...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... | |
 | Robert Andrews - 1997 - 625 страници
...VERA BRITTAIN, (1896-1970) British author, pacifist. The Rebel Passion, ch. 1 (1964). 5 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. Speech on Conciliation with America: The Thirteen... | |
 | Owen Collins - 1999 - 440 страници
...have mentioned have no substantial existence, are in truth everything, and all in all. Magnanimity in politics is not seldom the truest wisdom; and a...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... | |
 | Lewis Copeland, Lawrence W. Lamm, Stephen J. McKenna - 1999 - 920 страници
...mentioned, have no substantial existence, are in truth everything and all in all. Magnanimity in polities is not seldom the truest wisdom; and a great empire...minds go ill together. If we are conscious of our situation, and glow with zeal to fill our place as hecomes our station and ourselves, we ought to auspicate... | |
 | Simon Hall - 1999 - 384 страници
...sustained heavy losses and the battle was a moral victory for the American rebels. lmage Select Magnanimity in politics is not seldom the truest wisdom; and a great empire and little minds go ill together. EDMUND BURKE speech on conciliation with America. 1775 Burgh is also an Anglo-Saxon term for a fortified... | |
 | Alan Axelrod - 1999 - 396 страници
...the direct authority to do so. The bill failed to pass. Voices of Liberty "Magnanimity in politics it not seldom the truest wisdom; and a great empire and little minds go ill together." —Edmund Burke, speech to the House of Commons, urging reconciliation with the colonies, March 22,... | |
 | Edmund Burke - 2000 - 525 страници
...mentioned, have no substantial existence, are in truth every thing, and all in all. Magnanimity in politicks is not seldom the truest wisdom; and a great empire...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... | |
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Magnanimity in politics is not seldom the truest wisdom, and a great empire and little minds go ill together. 
