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الصفحة viii
... rest are similarly segregated . " Read not to contradict nor to believe , but to weigh and consider . " Some books are to be tasted , others swallowed , and some few to be chewed and di- gested ; that is , some books are to be read only ...
... rest are similarly segregated . " Read not to contradict nor to believe , but to weigh and consider . " Some books are to be tasted , others swallowed , and some few to be chewed and di- gested ; that is , some books are to be read only ...
الصفحة viii
Francis Bacon. must acknowledge myself beholden to you . For as my business found rest in my contem- plations , so my contemplations will find rest in your loving conference and judgment . " The Essay of Friendship appeared for the first ...
Francis Bacon. must acknowledge myself beholden to you . For as my business found rest in my contem- plations , so my contemplations will find rest in your loving conference and judgment . " The Essay of Friendship appeared for the first ...
الصفحة xxxviii
... rest , " and that the world may be further benefited by himself and others . But here they are , and their brevity and their beauty will be our excuse for quoting them entire THE STUDENT'S PRAYER . " To God the Father , God the Word ...
... rest , " and that the world may be further benefited by himself and others . But here they are , and their brevity and their beauty will be our excuse for quoting them entire THE STUDENT'S PRAYER . " To God the Father , God the Word ...
الصفحة liii
... rest , is the mistaking or misplacing of the last or fur- thest end of learning and knowledge : for men have entered into a desire of learning and knowledge , sometimes upon a natural curiosity , and inquisitive appetite ; sometimes to ...
... rest , is the mistaking or misplacing of the last or fur- thest end of learning and knowledge : for men have entered into a desire of learning and knowledge , sometimes upon a natural curiosity , and inquisitive appetite ; sometimes to ...
الصفحة lxix
... rest may be resolved . Each of them must , of course , be taken into account in any esti- mate of such a genius ; and after contemplating separately so great a variety and diversity parts , our admiration is turned into absolute wonder ...
... rest may be resolved . Each of them must , of course , be taken into account in any esti- mate of such a genius ; and after contemplating separately so great a variety and diversity parts , our admiration is turned into absolute wonder ...
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الصفحة 261 - ... the inquiry of truth, which is the love-making or wooing of it, the knowledge of truth, which is the presence of it, and the belief of truth, which is the enjoying of it, is the sovereign good of human nature.
الصفحة 273 - I had rather believe all the fables in the Legend, and the Talmud, and the Alcoran, than that this universal frame is without a mind.
الصفحة xxii - I hold every man a debtor to his profession; from the which, as men of course do seek to receive countenance and profit, so ought they of duty to endeavor themselves, by way of amends, to be a help and ornament thereunto.
الصفحة 4 - To conclude therefore, let no man, upon a weak conceit of sobriety or an ill-applied moderation, think or maintain that a man can search too far or be too well studied in the book of God's word or in the book of God's works ; divinity or philosophy; but rather let men endeavour an endless progress or proficience in both...
الصفحة liii - For men have entered into a desire of learning and knowledge, sometimes upon a natural curiosity and inquisitive appetite; sometimes to entertain their minds with variety and delight; sometimes for ornament and reputation; and sometimes to enable them to victory of wit and contradiction; and most times for lucre and profession; and seldom sincerely to give a true account of their gift of reason, to the benefit and use of men...
الصفحة 274 - Atheism leaves a man to sense, to philosophy, to natural piety, to laws, to reputation; all which may be guides to an outward moral virtue, though religion were not; but superstition dismounts all these, and erecteth an absolute monarchy in the minds of men...
الصفحة viii - Some books are to be tasted, others to be swallowed, and some few to be chewed and digested; that is, some books are to be read only in parts; others to be read, but not curiously; and some few to be read wholly, and with diligence and attention.
الصفحة 301 - STUDIES serve for delight, for ornament, and for ability. Their chief use for delight is in privateness and retiring ; for ornament, is in discourse ; and for ability, is in the judgment and disposition of business. For expert men can execute, and perhaps judge of particulars, one by one ; but the general counsels, and the plots, and marshalling of affairs come best from those that are learned.
الصفحة 301 - Crafty men contemn studies, simple men admire them, and wise men use them ; for they teach not their own use; but that is a wisdom without them and above them, won by observation.
الصفحة 266 - He that hath wife and children, hath given hostages to fortune ; for they are impediments to great enterprises, either of virtue or mischief.