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For men have entered into a desire of learning and knowledge, sometimes upon a natural curiosity and inquisitive appetite; sometimes to entertain their minds with variety and delight ; sometimes for ornament and reputation ; and sometimes to enable them...

The Works of Francis Bacon, Baron of Verulam, Viscount St. Alban, and Lord ... - Page 39
by Francis Bacon - 1826
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The Living Tradition: The Social and Educational Assumptions of the Grammar ...

Frances M. Stevens - 1960 - 320 pages

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Philosophy in the Twentieth Century: An Anthology, Volume 1

William Barrett, Henry David Aiken - 1962 - 470 pages

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New Outlook, Volume 6

1953 - 1224 pages

...inquisitive appetite; sometimes to entertain their minds with variety and delight; sometimes for ornament and reputation; and sometimes to enable them to victory...where-upon to rest a searching and restless spirit * * * and not a rich storehouse for the glory of the Creator and the relief of man's estate. — Sir...

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