Vol. 1 (of 4) by Thomas Babington Macaulay]@TWC D-Link book Vol. 1 (of 4) 88/114 The people are swarming in on every side. Proclamation is made--"Who wishes to speak ?" There is a shout, and a clapping of hands: Pericles is mounting the stand. Then for a play of Sophocles; and away to sup with Aspasia. I know of no modern university which has so excellent a system of education. Propositions which are advanced in discourse generally result from a partial view of the question, and cannot be kept under examination long enough to be corrected. |