| 1850 - 1042 páginas
...that they will be richly rewarded. To encourage them, I would remind them, in the words of Bacon, " that the inquiry of truth, which is the love-making...enjoying of it ; is the sovereign good of human nature ;" and that this highest gratification of humanity can only be attained by carefully training and exercising... | |
| 1850 - 524 páginas
...Truth, which only doth judge itself, teacheth that the inquiry of Truth, which is the love-c.aking or wooing of it — the knowledge of Truth, which...of it — is the sovereign good of human nature." We believe that it is under the impulse of such feelings that they have flocked to our columns —... | |
| Francis Bacon (visct. St. Albans.) - 1851 - 228 páginas
...in it that doth the hurt, such as we spake* of before. But howsoever these things are thus in men's depraved judgments and affections, yet truth, which...enjoying of it; is the sovereign good of human nature. 2. The first creature of God, in the works of the days, was the light of the sense ; the last was the... | |
| Maria Georgina Shirreff Grey, Emily Anne Eliza Shirreff - 1851 - 496 páginas
...AND USE OF REASON IN THE SEARCH AFTER TRUTH. SECT. I. VALUE OF TRUTH. " TRUTH," says Lord Bacon, " which only doth judge itself, teacheth, that the inquiry...presence of it, and the belief of truth which is the enjoyment of it, is the sovereign good of human nature." * This, then, is the end which the mind should... | |
| Francis Bacon (visct. St. Albans.) - 1853 - 176 páginas
...and affections, yet truth, which only doth judge itself, teacheth that the inquiry of truth, wh oh is the love-making or wooing of it; the knowledge...days, was the light of the sense ; the last was the light of reason ; and his sabbath work ever since is the illumination of his Spirit. First he breathed... | |
| Francis Bacon - 1854 - 894 páginas
...in it, that doth the iiurt, such as we spake of before. But howsoever these things are thus in men's depraved judgments and affections, yet truth, which...days, was the light of the sense ; the last was the light of reason ; and his sabbath work ever since is the illumination of his Spirit. First he breathed... | |
| John Greenleaf Whittier - 1854 - 452 páginas
...aspiration of manhood ; for it has been well said that the inquiry of truth, which is the lovemaking of it, the knowledge of truth, which is the presence...enjoying of it, is the sovereign good of human nature. MAGICIANS AND WITCH FOLK. "FASCINATION," saith Henry Cornelius Agrippa, in the fiftieth chapter of... | |
| British history - 1855 - 482 páginas
...extract or two from some of his Essays. — The following are his remarks on the subject of truth. " The knowledge of truth, which is the presence of it...days, was the light of the sense ; the last was the light of reason ; and his sabbath work, ever since, is the illumination of his Spirit. First, he breathed... | |
| James Henley Thornwell - 1855 - 330 páginas
...rest in Providence, unless it turn upon the poles of truth. u The inquiry of truth," says Bacon, u which is the love-making or wooing of it — the knowledge...of human nature. The first creature of God in the work of days was the light of sense; the last was the light of reason, and His Sabbath-work ever since... | |
| 1855 - 446 páginas
...coincide with each other." Says Lord Bacon, " The inquiry of truth, which is the love-making or wooing it ; the knowledge of truth, which is the presence...which is the enjoying of it, is the sovereign good of our nature."8 Religious fidelity will also enlist a man against prominent social abuses, such as intemperance... | |
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