The Works of Francis Bacon, Volumen4Longmans, Green, Reader, and Dyer, 1858 |
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... means be restored to its per- fect and original condition , or if that may not be , yet reduced to a better condition than that in which it now is . Now that the errors which have hitherto prevailed , and which will pre- vail for ever ...
... means be restored to its per- fect and original condition , or if that may not be , yet reduced to a better condition than that in which it now is . Now that the errors which have hitherto prevailed , and which will pre- vail for ever ...
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... in my life , so after my death I may yet perhaps , through the kindling of this new light in the darkness of philo- sophy , be the means of making this age famous to posterity ; I and surely to the times of the wisest and 11.
... in my life , so after my death I may yet perhaps , through the kindling of this new light in the darkness of philo- sophy , be the means of making this age famous to posterity ; I and surely to the times of the wisest and 11.
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... means than the true and legitimate humiliation of the human spirit . For all those who before me have applied themselves to the invention of arts have but cast a glance or two upon facts and examples and experience , and straightway ...
... means than the true and legitimate humiliation of the human spirit . For all those who before me have applied themselves to the invention of arts have but cast a glance or two upon facts and examples and experience , and straightway ...
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... means forgetful of the conditions of mortality and humanity , ( for it does not suppose that the work can be altogether com- pleted within one generation , but provides for its being taken up by another ) ; and finally that it seeks for ...
... means forgetful of the conditions of mortality and humanity , ( for it does not suppose that the work can be altogether com- pleted within one generation , but provides for its being taken up by another ) ; and finally that it seeks for ...
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... mean or what the work is which I have in my head , I shall always ( provided it be a matter of any worth ) take care to ... means to take possession . - So much for the first part of the work . Having thus coasted past the ancient arts ...
... mean or what the work is which I have in my head , I shall always ( provided it be a matter of any worth ) take care to ... means to take possession . - So much for the first part of the work . Having thus coasted past the ancient arts ...
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Página 47 - Human knowledge and human power meet in one, for where the cause is not known the effect cannot be produced. Nature to be commanded must be obeyed, and that which in contemplation is as the cause is in operation as the rule.
Página 93 - Those who have handled sciences have been either men of experiment or men of dogmas. The men of experiment are like the ant ; they only collect and use : the reasoners resemble spiders, who make cobwebs out of their own substance. But the bee takes a middle course ; it gathers its material from the flowers of the garden and of the field, but transforms and digests it by a power of its own.
Página 499 - All this is true, See. if time stood still ; which contrariwise moveth so round, that a froward retention of custom is as turbulent a thing as an innovation -, and they that reverence too much old times, are but a scorn to the new.