...exist, unless a controlling power upon will and appetite be placed somewhere; and the less there ia within, the more there must be without. It is ordained...cannot be free — their passions forge their fetters. — • BURKE. 1837.] THE SATURDAY MAGAZINE. THE NIGHT-BLOWING CEREUS, (Cactus grandiflora.) ..........

...to their disposition to put moral chains upon their own appetites ; in proportion as their love of justice is above their rapacity ; in proportion as...cannot be free. Their passions forge their fetters." Hear too, I pray you, the remarks by which the profound and philosophic Montesquieu illustrates the...

...counsels of the wise and good, in preference to the flattery of knaves. Society cannot exist without a controlling power upon will and appetite be placed...cannot be free. Their passions forge their fetters." Burke's last days were not such as his friends could have wished. Age brought with it many physical...

...people themselves are undisciplined and vile. In the eloquent language of Edmund Burke, " It is written in the eternal constitution of things that men of...cannot be free. THEIR PASSIONS FORGE THEIR FETTERS." Until, therefore, the word of God becomes both the rule of the citizen and the Statesman's Manual,...

...until he turns to God. This is the truth inculcated in Burke's powerful language, — IT IS WRITTEN IN THE ETERNAL CONSTITUTION OF THINGS, THAT MEN OF...CANNOT BE FREE. THEIR PASSIONS FORGE THEIR FETTERS. There is then no hope for us, but in the outpouring of the Spirit of God ; for this it is the duty...

...time, " Nee totam libertatem ferre possint, nee totam senitutem." " It is ordained," said Burke, " in the eternal constitution of things, that men of...cannot be free ; their passions forge their fetters." We have Mr. O'Connell, on the same discussion, making • Faction Unmasked. t This word was invented...

...must be without. It is ordained in the eternal constitution of things, remarks that beautiful writer, that men of intemperate minds cannot be free — their passions forge their fetters. Most writers concur in opinion, that the free use of strong drink is incompatible with national freedom...

...disposition to put moral chains upon their own appetites; in proportion as their love to justice U above their rapacity ; in proportion as their soundness...cannot be free ; their passions forge their fetters. — Burke. Naworth Castle, Cumberland _ Statesmen of the Reign of George III 52 The Lost Hunter 56...

...benignant grace, Nor know we anything so fair As is the smile upon thy face." It has been truly said that "men of intemperate minds cannot be free ; their passions forge their fetters ;" but no clank of any chain, whether of avarice or ambition, gave the least harshness to the movement...

...Until you make out practically that great work, a combination of opposing forces, " a work of labour long, and endless praise," the utmost caution ought...cannot be free. Their passions forge their fetters, themselves. They possessed not long since, what was next to freedom, a mild paternal monarchy. They...