Lacon, Or, Many Things in Few Words: Addressed to Those who ThinkCharles Wells, 1836 - 504 sider |
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Side vi
... common as water , and as free as air . But as it has been wisely ordained that light should have no colour , water no taste , and air no odour , so knowledge also should be equally pure , and without admixture . If it comes to us ...
... common as water , and as free as air . But as it has been wisely ordained that light should have no colour , water no taste , and air no odour , so knowledge also should be equally pure , and without admixture . If it comes to us ...
Side vii
... common enough when separated , but as costly in value , as irresistible in power , when combined - truth and novelty . Their union is like that of steam and of fire , which nothing can overcome . Truth and novelty , when united , must ...
... common enough when separated , but as costly in value , as irresistible in power , when combined - truth and novelty . Their union is like that of steam and of fire , which nothing can overcome . Truth and novelty , when united , must ...
Side xvi
... common principle of action . The attain- ment of apparent good ; those two simple truisms contain the whole of my philosophy , and as they have not been worn out in the performance of one under- taking , I trust they will not fail me in ...
... common principle of action . The attain- ment of apparent good ; those two simple truisms contain the whole of my philosophy , and as they have not been worn out in the performance of one under- taking , I trust they will not fail me in ...
Side 17
... common minds ; who , standing like Socrates , on the apex of wisdom , has removed from his eyes all film of earthly dross , and has foreseen a purer law , a nobler system , a brighter order of things ; in short a promised land ! which ...
... common minds ; who , standing like Socrates , on the apex of wisdom , has removed from his eyes all film of earthly dross , and has foreseen a purer law , a nobler system , a brighter order of things ; in short a promised land ! which ...
Side 20
... common than to see rank or riches preferred to talent , and yet nothing is more absurd . That talent is of a much higher order of power than riches , might be proved in various ways ; being so much more in- deprivable and indestructible ...
... common than to see rank or riches preferred to talent , and yet nothing is more absurd . That talent is of a much higher order of power than riches , might be proved in various ways ; being so much more in- deprivable and indestructible ...
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