The Works of Francis Bacon, Volumen8Riverside Press, 1863 |
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... turn of expression which is neatest and clearest in the one is apt to be awkward and obscure in the other , and the translator must make his choice between a close version which shall not be readable , and a readable version which shall ...
... turn of expression which is neatest and clearest in the one is apt to be awkward and obscure in the other , and the translator must make his choice between a close version which shall not be readable , and a readable version which shall ...
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... turn to something else , than they arrive at the ultimate perfection of which they are capable . Philosophy and the intellectual sciences , on the contrary , stand like statues , worshipped and celebrated , but not moved or advanced ...
... turn to something else , than they arrive at the ultimate perfection of which they are capable . Philosophy and the intellectual sciences , on the contrary , stand like statues , worshipped and celebrated , but not moved or advanced ...
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... turn to the great detriment of the sciences . For it is hardly possible at once to admire an author and to go beyond him ; knowledge being as water , which will not rise above the level from which it fell . Men of this kind , therefore ...
... turn to the great detriment of the sciences . For it is hardly possible at once to admire an author and to go beyond him ; knowledge being as water , which will not rise above the level from which it fell . Men of this kind , therefore ...
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... We have no reason to be ashamed of the discoveries which have been made , and no doubt the ancients proved themselves in everything that turns on wit and abstract meditation , wonderful men . But as in former 32 PREFACE .
... We have no reason to be ashamed of the discoveries which have been made , and no doubt the ancients proved themselves in everything that turns on wit and abstract meditation , wonderful men . But as in former 32 PREFACE .
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... turn to men ; to whom I have certain salutary admonitions to offer and certain fair requests to make . My first admonition ( which was also my prayer ) is that men confine the sense within the limits of duty in respect of things divine ...
... turn to men ; to whom I have certain salutary admonitions to offer and certain fair requests to make . My first admonition ( which was also my prayer ) is that men confine the sense within the limits of duty in respect of things divine ...
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