...the study of the worts and creatures of God ;" and in effecting the object of this new society, which is the knowledge of causes, and secret motions of...the enlarging of the bounds of human empire to the accomplishment of all things possible, be gives a finished exampkofthelucidusordo. Having set forth...

...both its credenda and its agenda ; its researches are both lucifera and fructifera ; its end is both " the knowledge of causes and secret motions of things,...empire to the effecting of all things possible." * The latter of these was a continual subject of high and bright anticipation to Lord Bacon ; and, throughout...

...both its credenda and its agenda; its researches are both luoifera and fructifera ; its end is both " the knowledge of causes and secret motions of things,...the bounds of human empire to the effecting of all thmgs possible." * The latter of these was a continual subject of high and bright anticipation to Lord...

...institution as the Royal Society more distinctly set forth. Describing this imaginary establishment, he says, "The end of our foundation is the knowledge of causes,...things possible. The preparations and instruments are — large and deep caves for coagulations, indurations, refrigerations, and conservation of bodies,...

...as the Royal Society more distinctly set forth. Describing this imaginary establishment, he says, " The end of our foundation is the knowledge of causes,...things possible. The preparations and instruments are—large and deep caves for coagulations, indurations, refrigerations, and conservation of bodies,—...

...of knowledge, "such," he says, "is a relation of the true state of Solomon's house, the end of which is not my felicity ; I know I have clean hands, and...friends, or servants. But Job himself, or whosoever possible.1' In these glorious inventions of one rich mind, may be traced much of what has been effected...

...whereto our fellows are assigned. And. fourthly, the ordinances and rites which we observe.. \ ( * v" The end of our foundation is the knowledge of causes,...and the enlarging of the bounds of human empire, to thr effecting of all things possible. _) " The preparations and instruments are these. We have large...

...knowledge, " such," he says, " is a relation of the true state of Solomon's house, the end of which foundation is the knowledge of causes, and secret...empire, to the effecting of all things possible." In these glorious inventions of one rich mind, may be traced much of what has been effected in science...

...calls " Solomon's House," and informs us, by the mouth of one of its members, that " the end of its Foundation is the Knowledge of Causes and Secret Motions...Human Empire to the effecting of all things possible." Amongst the means and instruments to this great end, Bacon imagines laboratories situated at the greatest...

...Scientific Association of Great Britain. " The end of its foundation," said this great philosopher, "is the knowledge of causes and secret motions of...human empire to the effecting of all things possible." In the first stage of its action, the principle of association linked together only a few scientific...