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... whole was quite plain . ' These self - acquired accomplishments having disclosed them- selves at school , Leibnitz tells us that his master was much shocked that his pupil should be making such unauthorized pro- gress in learning . 6 My ...
... whole was quite plain . ' These self - acquired accomplishments having disclosed them- selves at school , Leibnitz tells us that his master was much shocked that his pupil should be making such unauthorized pro- gress in learning . 6 My ...
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... whole , are so remark- ably characteristic of his genius and his habits . Let us now resume the sketch of his history . In 1699 he was chosen Member of the Royal Academy of Sciences at Paris ; and in the following year he induced the ...
... whole , are so remark- ably characteristic of his genius and his habits . Let us now resume the sketch of his history . In 1699 he was chosen Member of the Royal Academy of Sciences at Paris ; and in the following year he induced the ...
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... whole internal evidence of the book , by the circumstances which had elicited it , and by the general tone in which he refers to it throughout his correspondence . The accusation could have been founded only on some misconceived ...
... whole internal evidence of the book , by the circumstances which had elicited it , and by the general tone in which he refers to it throughout his correspondence . The accusation could have been founded only on some misconceived ...
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... whole surface of science with the same suc- cess with which it can cultivate some one portion of it , so , even in the case of Leibnitz , there can be no doubt that the experi- ment was attended with a diminution of power ; and that ...
... whole surface of science with the same suc- cess with which it can cultivate some one portion of it , so , even in the case of Leibnitz , there can be no doubt that the experi- ment was attended with a diminution of power ; and that ...
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... whole , however , and looking upon it merely as an intellectual effort , it is certainly not unworthy of his name . Unsatisfactory as may be the main argument , much light is thrown on collateral subjects , and many important , though ...
... whole , however , and looking upon it merely as an intellectual effort , it is certainly not unworthy of his name . Unsatisfactory as may be the main argument , much light is thrown on collateral subjects , and many important , though ...
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Pasajes populares
Página 400 - I wish popularity, but it is that popularity which follows, not that which is run after. It is that popularity which, sooner or later, never fails to do justice to the pursuit of noble ends by noble means. I will not do that which my conscience tells me is wrong, upon this occasion, to gain the huzzas of thousands, or the daily praise of all the papers which come from the press; I will not avoid doing what...
Página 382 - God had endowed his Majesty with excellent science, and great endowments of nature; but his Majesty was not learned in the laws of his realm of England, and causes which concern the life, or inheritance, or goods or fortunes of his subjects, are not to be decided by natural reason, but by the artificial reason and judgment of law, which law is an art which requires long study and experience before that a man can attain to the cognizance of it...
Página 77 - It is a nest of wasps, or swarm of vermin which have overcrept the land. I mean the Monopolies and Pollers of the people : these, like the Frogs of Egypt, have gotten possession of our dwellings, and we have scarce a room free from them. They sup in our cup.
Página 400 - I will not do that which my conscience tells me is wrong, upon this occasion; to gain the huzzas of thousands, or the daily praise of all the papers which come from the press: I will not avoid doing what I think is right; though it should draw on me the whole artillery of libels; all that falsehood and malice can invent, or the credulity of a deluded populace can swallow. I can say, with a great magistrate, upon an occasion and under circumstances not unlike, "Ego hoc animo semper fui, ut invidiam...
Página 480 - They will here meet with rutts which I actually measured four feet deep, and floating with mud only from a wet summer; what therefore must it be after a winter?
Página 208 - Wonderful is its power to charm and to command. It is a mountain air. It is the embalmer of the world. It is myrrh and storax, and chlorine and rosemary. It makes the sky and the hills sublime, and the silent song of the stars is it.
Página 382 - ... that the law was the golden metwand and measure to try the causes of the subjects, and which protected his Majesty in safety and peace. With which the King was greatly offended, and said that then he should be under the law, which was treason to affirm, as he said; to which I said that Bracton saith, quod Rex non debet esse sub homine sed sub Deo et lege [that the King ought not to be under man but under God and under the law—BT\.
Página 79 - OH, fond attempt to give a deathless lot To names ignoble, born to be forgot ! In vain, recorded in historic page, They court the notice of a future age : Those twinkling tiny lustres of the land Drop one by one from Fame's neglecting hand ; Lethaean gulfs receive them as they fall, And dark oblivion soon absorbs them all.
Página 208 - The stationariness of religion; the assumption that the age of inspiration is past, that the Bible is closed; the fear of degrading the character of Jesus by representing him as a man; indicate with sufficient clearness the falsehood of our theology!!!
Página 402 - ... for their perishable trash. It was not for gain that Bacon, Newton, Milton, Locke, instructed and delighted the world.