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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. "
The American Scholar in Professional Life - Page 10
by George Gluyas Mercer - 1889
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Memoirs of the Literary and Philosophical Society of Manchester, Volume 2

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...
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A View of Nature, in Letters to a Traveller Among the Alps: With ..., Volume 2

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...
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The Works of Francis Bacon, Volume 1

Francis Bacon (visct. St. Albans.) - 1819 - 648 pages
...but after a while fair and even : 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. Another error is in the manner of the tradition and delivery of knowledge,...
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Lectures on the Dramatic Literature of the Age of Elizabeth: Delivered at ...

William Hazlitt - 1821 - 372 pages
...entrance, but after a while fair and even; 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. U " Another error is in the manner of the tradition or delivery of knowledge,...
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Lectures chiefly on the dramatic literature of the age of Elizabeth

William Hazlitt - 1821 - 374 pages
...entrance, but after a while fair and even; 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 sliall end in certainties. ยป U " Another error is in the manner of the tradition or delivery of knowledge,...
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The Works of Francis Bacon: Baron of Verulam, Viscount St. Albans ..., Volume 1

Francis Bacon - 1824 - 642 pages
...but after a while fair and even : 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. Another error is in the manner of the tradition and delivery of knowledge,...
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The Two Books of Francis, Lord Verulam: Of the Proficience and Advancement ...

Francis Bacon - 1825 - 432 pages
...after a while fair and even : so it is in contempla- , tion; 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.^ Another error is in the manner of the tradition and delivery of knowledge,...
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The Works of Francis Bacon: Lord Chancellor of England, Volume 2

Francis Bacon - 1825 - 524 pages
...but after a while fair and even : 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. Another error is in the manner of the tradition and delivery of knowledge,...
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The Works of Francis Bacon, Baron of Verulam, Viscount St. Alban ..., Volume 1

Francis Bacon - 1826 - 626 pages
...but after a while fair and even : 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. Another error is in the manner of the tradition and delivery of knowledge,...
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The Oxford English Prize Essays: A New Edition Brought Down to the ..., Volume 5

1836 - 354 pages
...i. Ep. i. lin. 41. * The very same materials can be employed by men of opposite VOL. V. * will begin with certainties," says lord Bacon, "he shall end...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...
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