...speak like the vulgar, and think like the wise ;] yet certain it is that words, as a Tartar's bow, do shoot back upon the understanding of the wisest, and mightily entangle and pervert the judgment ; so as it is almost necessary in all controversies and 1 So in the original : the word being pronounced...

...our philosophy. I quote from Bacon : " Men believe that their reason is lord over their words, but it happens, too, that words exercise a reciprocal and...wisest, and mightily entangle and pervert the judgment." MAX MULLER. Oxford, June II, 1861. CONTENTS. LECTURE I. Page THE SCIENCE OF LANGUAGE ONE OF THE PHYSICAL...

...our philosophy. I quote from Bacon : ' Men believe that their reason is lord over their words, but it happens, too, that words exercise a reciprocal and...the wisest, and mightily entangle and pervert the judgement.' MAX MULLER. OXFORD: June 11, 1861. CONTENTS. LECTURE I. PAGE THE SCIENCE OF LANGUAGE ONE...

...words. But it happens, too, that words exert a reciprocal and reactionary power over our intellects. Words, as a Tartar's bow, shoot back upon the understanding...wisest, and mightily entangle and pervert the judgment." And so expression reacts upon emotion, the delivery upon the heart and the character. He, therefore,...

...words'. But it happens, too, that words exert a reciprocal and reactionary power over our intellects. Words, as a Tartar's bow, shoot back upon the understanding...wisest, and mightily entangle and pervert the judgment." And so expression reacts upon emotion, the delivery upon the heart and the character. He, therefore,...

...reasonable doubt. Who has not observed that children always seek a name for every new object of discovery, and are never satisfied until they receive it? It...they are a power to move the world. Like the ripple •tartcd on the surface of the placid lake, their influence is felt to the remotest shores of time....

...always seek a name for every new ot)ject of discovery, and are never satisfied until they receive it? i'deas. Bacon has well said, " Men believe th'eir...observation, without a corresponding power of expression I Ideas unuttered are valueless to all but their possessor, but well expressed, they are a power to...

...our philosophy. I quote from Bacon : ' Men believe that their reason is lord over their words, but it happens, too, that words exercise a reciprocal and...the wisest, and mightily entangle and pervert the judgement.' MAX MULLER. OXFORD : June 11, 1861. CONTENTS. LECTURE I. PAGE THE SCIENCE OF LANGUAGE ONE...

...speak like the vulgar and think like the wise ;] yet certain it is that words, as a Tartar's bow, do shoot back upon the understanding of the wisest, and mightily entangle and pervert the judgment ; so as it is almost necessary in all controversies and disputations to imitate the wisdom of the Mathematicians,...

...loquendum ut vulgus, sentiendum ut sapientes, — yet certain it is, that words, as a Tartar's bow, do shoot back upon the understanding of the wisest, and mightily entangle and pervert the judgment. So as it is almost necessary in all controversies and disputations to imitate the wisdom of the mathematicians,...