We ought by no means to take for granted that this is desirable. Bigness is not necessarily greatness; if by remaining in the second rank of magnitude we can hold the first rank morally and intellectually, let us sacrifice mere material magnitude. The Expansion of England: Two Courses of Lectures - Página 12de Sir John Robert Seeley - 1883 - 309 páginasVisualização completa - Sobre este livro
| John Mackinnon Robertson - 1900 - 552 páginas
...John Seeley, in a moment of misgiving, avowed that " bigness is not necessarily greatness," adding, " if by remaining in the second rank of magnitude we can hold the front rank morally and intellectually, let us sacrifice mere material magnitude." 2 But he had before... | |
| Charles Frederick Gurney Masterman - 1901 - 450 páginas
...Seeley, who would be called a Little Englander if he were alive to-day, is sufficiently explicit : " If by remaining in the second rank of magnitude we...intellectually, let us sacrifice mere material magnitude." 2 To demand that statesmen will in all cases act on strict moral principles may be as unreasonable... | |
| John Mackinnon Robertson - 1912 - 510 páginas
...John Seeley, in a moment of misgiving, avowed that " bigness is not necessarily greatness "; adding, "if by remaining in the second rank of magnitude we can hold the front rank morally and intellectually, let us sacrifice mere material magnitude."" But he had before... | |
| George Peabody Gooch - 1913 - 634 páginas
...importance of the movement, he left it an open question whether it was a matter for exaltation or regret. ' Bigness is not necessarily greatness If by remaining...intellectually, let us sacrifice mere material magnitude.' He draws a sharp distinction between the white colonies and India, the possession of which, he declared,... | |
| Charles Herbert Currey - 1916 - 294 páginas
...were equally convinced of the futility of war. There is much to be said for their point of view. ' Bigness is not necessarily greatness ; if by remaining...intellectually, let us sacrifice mere material magnitude.' 1 It was indeed fortunate for England that the Palmerstonian policy, which was making her as detested... | |
| Otto Jespersen - 1920 - 312 páginas
...182. Hegel ['he'gal], a German philosopher (f 1831). — great—big: in another place Seeley writes: "Bigness is not necessarily greatness; if by remaining...intellectually, let us sacrifice mere material magnitude". A writer in Harper's Monthly speaks of the modern literary movement in Norway, "which has made their... | |
| Juan José Carreras Ares - 2000 - 368 páginas
...England, ed. J. Gross, Chicago; Londres, 1971. la primera edición en Londres, 1883. '' «Bigness in not necessarily greatness; if by remaining in the...of magnitude we can hold the first rank morally and intellectualy, let us sacrifice mere material magnitude», op. cit., p. 25. 18 En el prólogo a la... | |
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