 | 1785 - 552 pages
...phyfical inveftigation. Lord Bacon has well obferved, " that one, who begins with certain" ties, Ihall end in doubts ; but if he will be " content to begin with doubts, he fhall end in " certainties."-}- The progrefs of fcience is ufually flow and gradual ; and in all ordinary... | |
 | Sir Richard Joseph Sullivan (bart.) - 1794 - 480 pages
...well established, he inferred their causes. Bacon well says, " that one who begins with certainties, shall end in doubts ; but, if he will be content to begin with doubts, he shall end in certainties." THUS it has happened, that when any one has made a progress, or some useful discovery in physics, it... | |
 | William Hazlitt - 1821 - 372 pages
...accepteth of them by a kind of relation (as the lawyers speak) as if we had known them before. " Another is an impatience of doubt and haste to assertion without...to begin with doubts, he shall end in certainties. U " Another error is in the manner of the tradition or delivery of knowledge, which is for the most... | |
 | William Hazlitt - 1821 - 374 pages
...accepteth of them by a kind of relation (as the lawyers speak) as if we had known them before. " Another is an impatience of doubt and haste to assertion without...but if he will be content to begin with doubts, he sliall end in certainties. » U " Another error is in the manner of the tradition or delivery of knowledge,... | |
 | William Hazlitt - 1821 - 380 pages
...the end impassable: the other rough and troublesome in the entrance, but after a while fair audeveu; so it is in contemplation, if a man will begin with...to begin with doubts, he shall end in certainties. • U " Another error is in the manner of the tradition or delivery of knowledge, which is for the... | |
 | 1836 - 354 pages
...materials can be employed by men of opposite VOL. V. * will begin with certainties," says lord Bacon, "he shall end in doubts ; but if he will be content...to begin with doubts, he shall end in certainties." The proud spirits who aspired to be gods, and fell, could still reason high of providence and fate... | |
 | Thomas Martin - 1835 - 388 pages
...rough and troublesome in the exjtreme, but after a while fair and even: so it is in contemplations : if a man will begin with certainties, he shall end...begin with .doubts, he shall end in certainties.' the same sagacity he examines va12 11G CHARACTER OF LORD BACON: rious other ' peccant humours' which... | |
 | Oxford univ, prize essays - 1836 - 350 pages
...Stultitia caruisse. Hor. Epist. lib. i. Ep. i. lin. 41. will begin with certainties," says lord Bacon, "he shall end in doubts ; but if he will be content...to begin with doubts, he shall end in certainties." The proud spirits who aspired to be gods, and fell, could still reason high of providence and fate... | |
 | William Wills - 1838 - 332 pages
...or mitigation. The golden words of Bacon are most apposite in relation to this important subject : " If a man will begin with certainties, he shall end...will be content to begin with doubts, he shall end in certaintiesf." It is indispensable to the very existence of society that the magistrate should found... | |
 | 1838 - 596 pages
...tins important subject - - It a man will begin with certainties, he shall end in doubts ; but if hi- will be content to begin with doubts, he shall end in certainties.' 1l is indispensable to the very existence of society that the magistrate should found many of bis determinations... | |
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So it is in contemplation: if a man will begin with certainties, he shall end in doubts; but if he will be content to begin with doubts, he shall end in certainties. 
