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... same thing , varying in the method of treat- ment , but not new in substance , insomuch that the whole stock , numerous as it appears at first view , proves on examination to So be but scanty . And for its value and 13 PREFACE ·
... same thing , varying in the method of treat- ment , but not new in substance , insomuch that the whole stock , numerous as it appears at first view , proves on examination to So be but scanty . And for its value and 13 PREFACE ·
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... ment of that which we have to be as much an object as the acquisition of more . Besides which it will make me the better listened to ; for " He that is ignorant ( says the proverb ) re- ceives not the words of knowledge , unless thou ...
... ment of that which we have to be as much an object as the acquisition of more . Besides which it will make me the better listened to ; for " He that is ignorant ( says the proverb ) re- ceives not the words of knowledge , unless thou ...
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... ment , and that the experiment itself shall judge of the thing . And thus I conceive that I perform the office of a true priest of the sense ( from which all knowledge in nature must be sought , unless men mean to go mad ) and a not ...
... ment , and that the experiment itself shall judge of the thing . And thus I conceive that I perform the office of a true priest of the sense ( from which all knowledge in nature must be sought , unless men mean to go mad ) and a not ...
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... ment a position between these two extremes , -between the presumption of pronouncing on everything , and the despair of comprehending anything ; and though frequently and bitterly complaining of the difficulty of inquiry and the ...
... ment a position between these two extremes , -between the presumption of pronouncing on everything , and the despair of comprehending anything ; and though frequently and bitterly complaining of the difficulty of inquiry and the ...
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... ment that they are but applying the naked intellect all the time ; whereas in every great work to be done by the hand of man it is manifestly impossible , without instruments and ma- chinery , either for the strength of each to be ...
... ment that they are but applying the naked intellect all the time ; whereas in every great work to be done by the hand of man it is manifestly impossible , without instruments and ma- chinery , either for the strength of each to be ...
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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.