...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...

...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 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...

...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,...

...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...

...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...

...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...