Speeches of Henry Lord Brougham, Upon Questions Relating to Public Rights, Duties, and Interests: With Historical Introductions, and a Critical Dissertation Upon the Eloquence of the Ancients, Volume 3A. and C. Black, 1838 - Great Britain |
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Page 97 - The Great Truth has finally gone forth to all the ends of the earth, THAT MAN SHALL NO MORE RENDER ACCOUNT TO MAN FOR HIS BELIEF, OVER WHICH HE HAS HIMSELF NO CONTROL. Henceforward, nothing shall prevail upon us to praise or to blame any one for that which he can no more change than he can the hue of his skin or the height of his stature.
Page 603 - He meditates and prepares in secret the plans which arc to bless mankind ; he slowly gathers round him those who are to further their execution; he quietly, though firmly, advances in his humble path, laboring steadily, but calmly, till he has opened to the light all the recesses of ignorance, and torn up by the roots the weeds of vice. His is a progress not to be compared with...
Page 95 - To diffuse useful information, — to further intellectual refinement, sure forerunner of moral improvement, — to hasten the coming of the bright day when the dawn of general knowledge shall chase away the lazy, lingering mists, even from the base of the great social pyramid ; — this indeed is a high calling, in which the most splendid talents and consummate virtue may well press onward, eager to bear a part...
Page 91 - ... plods his weary way. Surely when we contrast the simple and commanding majesty of the ancient writers, with the superabundance and diffusion of the exhaustive method, we may be tempted to feel that there lurks some alloy of bitterness in the excess of sweets.
Page 88 - the trampling of pursuing horses," somewhat abate the fury of the whirlwind of cavalry. — AovXivovai ye fjacfTiyo\ifievoi KOI orp£/SXoujusvoi, says the Grecian master, to describe the wretched lot of those who had yielded to the wiles of the conqueror, in the vain hope of securing their liberties in safety. Compare this with the choicest of Mr. Burke's invectives of derision and pity upon the same subject — the sufferings of those who made peace with Regicide France — and acknowledge the mighty...
Page 95 - To me, calmly revolving these things, such pursuits seem far more noble objects of ambition than any upon which the vulgar herd of busy men lavish prodigal their restless exertions.
Page 92 - I could point out favourite passages, occurring as often as three several times with variations, and manifest amendment. I am now requiring, not merely great preparation while the speaker is learning his art, but after he has accomplished his education. The most splendid effort of the most mature orator will be always finer for being previously elaborated with much ca're. There is, no doubt, a charm in extemporaneous elocution, derived from the appearance of artless unpremeditated effusion, called...
Page 235 - The knowledge which the infant stores up — the ideas which are generated in his mind — are so important, that if we could suppose them to be afterwards obliterated, all the learning of a senior wrangler at Cambridge, or a first-class man at Oxford, would be as nothing to it, and would literally not enable its victim to prolong his existence for a week.
Page 184 - I say ? — to endure whatever punishment the right honourable gentleman may think fit to inflict upon me and my colleagues — even the weight of his censure — which will assuredly, in his estimation, be fully equal to our demerits, how great soever they may be. But I venture to hope that the house, mercifully regarding my situation while such a judgment is impending, will allow me, ere the awful decree goes forth, to avert, if it be possible, from our devoted heads, a fate so overwhelming.
Page 455 - A vicar was once" (said his Lordship, presiding at the dinner of the Admiralty Sessions) " so wearied out with his parish clerk confining himself to the 100th Psalm, that he remonstrated, and insisted upon a variety, which the man promised ; but, old habit proving too strong for him, the old words were as usual given out next Sunday, ' All people that on earth do dwell.