 Nothing, then, can be more unfounded than the objection which has been taken in limine, by persons, well meaning perhaps, certainly narrow-minded, against the study of natural philosophy, and, indeed, against all science, — that it fosters in its cultivators...  The American Library of Useful Knowledge - Page 2711831 - 320 pagesFull view - About this book
 | 1839 - 272 pages
...for me." ON THE STUDY OF NATURAL PHILOSOPHY. NOTHING can be more unfounded than the objection \vhich has been taken in limine by persons, well meaning,...narrow-minded, against the study of natural philosophy : that it fosters in its cultivators an undue and overweening self-conceit j leads them to doubt the... | |
 | William Benjamin Carpenter - 1843 - 290 pages
...endowed with acuter senses and higher faculties, he shall drink deep at that fountain of beneficent wisdom, for which the slight taste obtained on earth has given him so keen a relish." " There is a'land where everlasting suns Shed everlasting brightness,—where the soul Drinks from... | |
 | William Benjamin Carpenter - 1843 - 604 pages
...endowed with acuter senses and higher faculties, he shall drink deep at that fountain of beneficent wisdom, for which the slight taste obtained on earth has given him so keen a relish." " There is a land where everlasting suns Shed everlasting brightness, — where the soul Drinks from... | |
 | Edward Hitchcock - 1851 - 418 pages
...nobly, has Sir John Herschel vindicated science. from the charge of sceptical tendencies. "Nothing can be more unfounded than the objection which has...limine by persons, well meaning, perhaps, certainly of narrow minds, against the study of natural philosophy, and indeed, against all science, that it... | |
 | Edward Hitchcock - 1860 - 400 pages
...nobly, has Sir John Herschel vindicated science from the charge of sceptical tendencies. " Nothing can be more unfounded than the objection which has...limine by persons, well meaning, perhaps, certainly of narrow minds, against the study of natural philosophy, and, indeed, against all science, that it... | |
 | 1866 - 492 pages
...his introductory discourse on the study of natural philosophy, thus writes upon the subject : — " Nothing then can be more unfounded than the objection...science, that it fosters in its cultivators an undue ana overweening self-conceit, that leads them to doubt the immortality of the soul, and to scoff at... | |
 | 1872 - 556 pages
...the Towara. [SiR JOHN HERSCHEL. 1790—1871.] TENDENCY AND EFFECT OF PHILOSOPHICAL STUDIES. NOTHING can be more unfounded than the objection which has...limine, by persons, well meaning perhaps, certainly narrow minded, against the study of natural philosophy — that it fosters in its cultivators an undue... | |
 | John Stoughton - 1879 - 358 pages
...philosophy from the charge of an irreligious tendency : "Nothing then can be more unfounded than tho objection which has been taken in limine, by persons well meaning perhaps, certainly narrow minded, against the study of natural philosophy, and indeed against all science — that it... | |
 | John Tillotson - 1880 - 392 pages
...feeble mirth in an asthmatic "Heu, heu, heu!" cccxxx1x. N THE STUDY OF NATURAL PHILOSOPHY. — Nothing can be more unfounded than the objection which has...narrow-minded, against the study of natural philosophy ; namely, that it fosters in its cultivators an undue and overweening self-conceit, and leads them... | |
 | Blackie and son, ltd - 1880 - 406 pages
...endowed with acuter senses and higher faculties, he shall drink deep at that fountain of beneficent wisdom for which, the slight taste obtained on earth has given him so keen a relish?— Herschel. WISDOM. 1. There in his bosom Sapience 1 doth sit, The sovereign darling of the Deity; Clad... | |
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