 | Canada - 1880 - 702 pages
...him that resistance is hopeless, and that he cannot put off the hour of fate. " If a great change is to be made in human affairs, the minds of men will...fear, every hope will forward it ; and then they who persist in opposing this mighty current in human affairs, will ^appear rather to resist the decrees... | |
 | Elizabeth Warren - 1880 - 248 pages
...the downfall of the Republic, CHAPTER XII. Breaching, fh•a^ing, and Working. " If a great change is to be made in human affairs, the minds of men will...fitted to it : the general opinions and feelings will turn that way. Every fear, every hope, will forward it. — BURKE. MANY of the greatest historians... | |
 | Biography - 1883 - 836 pages
...of order. Among the later words that he wrote on the Revolution were these : " If a great change is to be made in human affairs, the minds of men will...that way. Every fear, every hope, will forward it ; ant then they who persist in opposing this mighty current in humat affairs will appear rather to... | |
 | Matthew Arnold - Bible - 1883 - 400 pages
...the possession of mankind several thousand years before." BUTLER. " If a great change is to be made, the minds of men will be fitted to it, the general...fear, every hope, will forward it ; and then they, who persist in opposing this mighty current, will appear rather to resist the decrees of Providence itself,... | |
 | J. M. Morrell - 1883 - 200 pages
...taught us by Burke, and endorsed by almost every great statesman. He says, " When a great change is to be made in human affairs, the minds of men will be suited to it : the general desire and feeling will draw that way : every hope and every fear will forward... | |
 | Albert Venn Dicey - Home rule - 1886 - 388 pages
...believe for ever. It has given me many anxious moments for the two last years. If a great u change is to be made in human affairs, the minds of men will...fear, every hope, will forward it; and then they who persist in opposing this mighty current in human affairs will appear rather to resist the decrees of... | |
 | Albert Venn Dicey - Home rule - 1886 - 332 pages
...believe for ever. It has given me many anxious moments for the two last years. If a great change is to be made in human affairs, the minds of men will...fitted to it ; the general opinions and feelings will u draw that way. Every fear, every hope, will forward it ; and then they who persist in opposing this... | |
 | Edmund Burke - 1886 - 276 pages
...Reform. A GREAT CHANGE ts TO BE MADE ALL THINGS WILL BEAR WITNESS TO ITS NECESSITY. If a great change is to be made in human affairs, the minds of men will be fttted to it, the general opinions and feelings will draw that way. Every fear, every hope, will forward... | |
 | William Edward H. Lecky - Great Britain - 1887 - 634 pages
...altogether absent from his mind. ' If a great change is to be made in human affairs,' he wrote in 1791, 'the minds of men will be fitted to it ; the general...fear, every hope, will forward it ; and then they who persist in opposing this mighty current in human affairs will appear rather to resist the decrees of... | |
 | Laurence Gronlund - France - 1887 - 280 pages
..." CHAPTER VII. THE PRESENT TRANSITION STATE. •July 28, 1794, to our days. " If a great change is to be made in human affairs, the minds of men will...and feelings will draw that way. Every fear, every hope,will favor it. Then they who persist in opposing this mighty current in human affairs will appear... | |
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If a great change is to be made in human affairs, the minds of men will be fitted to it ; the general opinions and feelings will draw that way. Every fear, every hope will forward it ; and then they who persist in opposing this mighty current in human... 
