 | 1854 - 886 pages
...tried, and we shall soon see the truth of Brougham's famous apothegm : — " Education renders men easy to lead, but difficult to drive ; easy to govern, but impossible to enslave." Euz. COLL., Guernsey. MC CARACTACTJS'S LAST BATTLE-FIELD. TI/IIILE passing through an English county... | |
 | Anne Kent - 1846 - 942 pages
...think so ?" " Oh, we agree there. It is, indeed, all important; by education, you know, men become ' easy to lead, but difficult to drive ; — easy to govern, but impossible to enslave.' " " The words of a great man." " But surely, no favourite of yours, Charles — you, such an advocate... | |
 | 1854 - 310 pages
...to think I Smooth and urge the rougher mind To prove a blessing to mankind. By education man becomes easy to lead, but difficult to drive — easy to govern, but impossible to enslave. For the purpose of giving further information to our readers, we copy the following propositions from... | |
 | George Markham Tweddell - 1872 - 438 pages
...to see the good of educating the •working-classes. "By education," says LORD BROUGHAM, "men become easy to lead, but difficult to drive — easy to govern, but impossible to enslave!" The armorial bearings of Mr. Mewburn are — Argent, three lions, two and one, rampant, gules. —... | |
 | 1885 - 552 pages
...delivering his great speech on educational reform, and declaring, as he did, that ' By education men became easy to lead but difficult to drive — easy to govern but impossible to enslave !' It is to be hoped that education will effect that happy result, for it is now — in place of being... | |
 | KATE LOUISE ROBERTS - 1922 - 1422 pages
...ones spend the day — In sighing and dismay. WM. BLAKE— The Schoolboy. St. 2. 18 Education makes a lean and hungry look. Julius Caesar. Act I. Sc. 2. L. 194. 10 My more-having would be a Attributed to LORD BROUGHAM. 19 Let the soldier be abroad if he will, he can do nothing in this age.... | |
 | Ray Osgood Hughes - 1924 - 528 pages
...police, building inspection, and the like. CHAPTER, VI TBAINING INTELLIGENT CITIZENS Education makes a people easy to lead, but difficult to drive; easy to govern, but impossible to enslave. The schoolmaster is abroad, and I trust to him, armed with his primer, against the soldier in full... | |
 | Marko J. Petinak - 1927 - 252 pages
...future generation will be fit to impart our knowledge to them. Lord Brougham once said : "Education makes people easy to lead but difficult to drive; easy to govern but impossible to enslave." I do not know of anything that will destroy the fine structure of unmatured brains and which is more... | |
 | 1961 - 798 pages
...enlightening the masses is no longer limited to an individual national boundary. Education makes a people easy to lead, but difficult to drive, easy to govern, but impossible to enslave; and susceptible more to mutual understanding than to hostility. Throughout history, men's ignorance... | |
 | 1989 - 758 pages
...President of the United States of America A Proclamation Henry Peter Brougham once observed, "Education makes people easy to lead, but difficult to drive; easy to govern, but impossible to enslave." Literacy, as the foundation of education, is essential to a truly free people. The ability to read... | |
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Education makes a people easy to lead, but difficult to drive; easy to govern, but impossible to enslave. 
