 We are afraid to put men to live and trade each on his own private stock of reason ; because we suspect that this stock in each man is small, and that the individuals would do better to avail themselves of the general bank and capital of nations, and...  The Advancement of Learning - Page 85by Francis Bacon - 1898Full view - About this book
 | John Morley - 1879 - 236 pages
...morals of considering the individual apart from the experience of the race. " We are afraid," he says, " to put men to live and trade each on his own private...small, and that the individuals would do better to availlhemselves of the generaTbant and capital of nations and of ages. Many of our men of speculation,... | |
 | 1883 - 836 pages
...from the experience of the race. " We are afraid," he says, " to put men to live and trade each or his own private stock of reason, because we suspect...the general bank and capital of nations and of ages. Many of our men of speculation, instead of exploding general prejudices, employ their sagacity to discover... | |
 | Edward Caird - 1885 - 284 pages
...individuality and lives in the life of humanity, that his spiritual life can have any depth or riches in it. "We are afraid to put men to live and trade each on...own private stock of reason, because we suspect that the stock in each man is small, and that the individuals would do better to avail themselves of the... | |
 | Truths - 1885 - 572 pages
...find Talk and Discourse, but to weigh and consider. a&ta$0n. — Sir Philip Sidney. . — Burke. "TTTE are afraid to put men to live and trade each on his VV own private stock of Reason ; because we suspect that this stock in each man is small, and that... | |
 | William Edward Hartpole Lecky - 1887 - 632 pages
...foundation of all old opinion, may he characteristic) letter expostulating not have reason to apprehend that trade each on his own private stock of reason because...the general bank and capital of nations and of ages. Many of our men of speculation instead of exploding general prejudices employ their sagacity to discover... | |
 | Edmund Burke - 1890 - 568 pages
...prevailed, the more we cherish them. We are afraid to 10 put men to live and trade each on his own pjivate stock of reason ; because we suspect that this stock...the general bank and capital of nations and of ages. Many of our men of speculation, instead of exploding general prejudices, employ their sagacity to discover... | |
 | William Edward Hartpole Lecky - 1893 - 604 pages
...the former as the latter. Correspondence, iii. 209. 894 ENGLAND IN THE EIGHTEENTH CENTURY. CB. inc. each, on his own private stock of reason because we...the general bank and capital of nations and of ages. Many of our men of speculation, instead of exploding general prejudices, employ their sagacity to discover... | |
 | Edmund Burke - 1892 - 598 pages
...the longer they have lasted, and the more generally they have prevailed, the more we cherish them. We are afraid to put men to live and trade each on...the individuals would do better to avail themselves o? the general bank and capital of nations and of ages. Many of our men of speculation, instead of... | |
 | Maturin Murray Ballou - 1894 - 604 pages
...and the longer they have lasted and the more generally they have prevailed, the more we cherish them. We are afraid to put men to live and trade each on...bank and capital of nations and of ages. — Burke. Every period of life has its peculiar prejudices ; whoever saw old age, that did not applaud the past,... | |
 | 1897 - 308 pages
...Condorcet. If reason justly contradicts an article, it is not of the household of faith. — Jeremy Taylor. We are afraid to put men to live and trade each on...bank and capital of nations and of ages. — Burke. The soul is cured of its maladies by certain incantations ; these incantations are beautiful reasons,... | |
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