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...laws of mechanical arts. He thus sums up big antithesis, and leaves no doubt about his meaning: — "Plato drew a good bow; but, like Acestes, in Virgil, he aimed at the stars ; Bacon fixed his eye on a mark which was placed on the earth, and within bow-shot, and hit it in the...

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...The aim of the Platonic philosophy was to raise 4 1 -De Augnentit, Lib. 8. Cap. 3. Apb. 68. as far above vulgar wants. The aim of the Baconian philosophy...was to supply our vulgar wants. The former aim was nohle ; but the latter was attainable. Plato drew a good bow ; but, like Acestes in Virgil, he aimed...