The Works of Francis Bacon: Baron of Verulam, Viscount St. Alban, and Lord High Chancellor of England, Volume 1C. and J. Rivington, 1819 |
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... concerning the dignity of learning to be . better heard , without the interruption of tacit objec- tions ; I think good to deliver it from the discredits and disgraces . which it hath received , all from igno- rance , but ignorance ...
... concerning the dignity of learning to be . better heard , without the interruption of tacit objec- tions ; I think good to deliver it from the discredits and disgraces . which it hath received , all from igno- rance , but ignorance ...
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... mankind , it hath rather a sounding and unworthy glory , than a meriting and substantial virtue . And as for that censure of Solo- " mon , concerning the excess of writing and reading books Of the Advancement of Learning . [ Book I.
... mankind , it hath rather a sounding and unworthy glory , than a meriting and substantial virtue . And as for that censure of Solo- " mon , concerning the excess of writing and reading books Of the Advancement of Learning . [ Book I.
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... concerning the excess of writing and reading books , and the anxiety of spirit which redoundeth from knowledge ; and that admonition of St. Paul , That we be not seduced by vain philosophy ; let those places be rightly understood , and ...
... concerning the excess of writing and reading books , and the anxiety of spirit which redoundeth from knowledge ; and that admonition of St. Paul , That we be not seduced by vain philosophy ; let those places be rightly understood , and ...
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... Concerning want , and that it is the case of learned men usually to begin with little , and not to grow rich so fast as other men , by reason they convert not their labours chiefly to lucre and increase : It were good to leave the ...
... Concerning want , and that it is the case of learned men usually to begin with little , and not to grow rich so fast as other men , by reason they convert not their labours chiefly to lucre and increase : It were good to leave the ...
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... concerning human learning and moral matters , I may say , as Agesilaus said to his enemy Pharnabasus , Talis quum sis , utinam noster esses . And thus much touching the discredits drawn from the fortunes of learned men . As touching the ...
... concerning human learning and moral matters , I may say , as Agesilaus said to his enemy Pharnabasus , Talis quum sis , utinam noster esses . And thus much touching the discredits drawn from the fortunes of learned men . As touching the ...
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