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" To conclude therefore, let no man, upon a weak conceit of sobriety or an ill-applied moderation, think or maintain that a man can search too far or be too well studied in the book of God's word or in the book of God's works, divinity or philosophy, but... "
The Works of Francis Bacon: De augmentis scientiaurum - Page xxxiv
by Francis Bacon - 1815
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The Victorian Review, Volume 4

H. Mortimer Franklyn - 1881 - 830 pages
...advice of Lord Bacon : — " Let no man out of a weak conceit of sobriety, think or maintain that a man can search too far or be too well studied in the book of God's word, or the book of God's works, divinity or philosophy ; but rather let men endeavour an endless progress...
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Christian Institutions: Essays on Ecclesiastical Subjects

Arthur Penrhyn Stanley - 1881 - 382 pages
...Baeon, ' upon a weak conceit of sobriety or an ill-applied moderation, think or maintain that a man can search too far or be too well studied in the Book of God's Word or in the Book of God's Works.' Man is to be served also with a love like that which we give to ourselves....
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The Origin of Species by Means of Natural Selection: Or, The Preservation of ...

Charles Darwin - 1882 - 492 pages
...weak conceit of sobriety, or an ill-applied moderation, thmk or maintain, that a man can search toe far or be too well studied in the book of God's word, or in the book of God's works; divinity or philosophy, but rather let men endeavour an endless progress...
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The Philosophical Basis of Theism: An Examination of the Personality of Man ...

Samuel Harris - 1883 - 604 pages
...Let no man upon a weak conceit of sobriety or an ill-applied moderation think or maintain that a man can search too far or be too well studied in the book of God's word or the book of God's works, divinity or philosophy, but rather let men endeavor an endless progress...
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Nineteenth Century and After, Volume 23

1888 - 966 pages
...words of Bacon which we have chosen for our College motto : — Let no man think or maintain that a man can search too far, or be too well studied in the Book of God's Word, or in the Book of God's Works ; but rather let them endeavour an endless progress or proficiency in...
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Theory and Power: On the Character of Modern Sciences

Rolf Gruner - 1977 - 252 pages
...Learning, 'upon a weak conceit of sobriety or an ill— applied moderation, think or maintain that man can search too far or be too well studied in the book of God's - 51 word or in the book of God's works.1 ' This passage was chosen by Darwin to be put at the head...
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The Language of Allegory: Defining the Genre

Maureen Quilligan - 1992 - 316 pages
...Let no man upon a weak conceit of sobriety or an ill-applied moderation think or maintain, that a man can search too far, or be too well studied in the book of God's word, or in the book of God's works, divinity or philosophy; but rather let men endeavor an endless progress...
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Whatever Happened to the Human Race?

Francis A. Schaeffer, C. Everett Koop - 1983 - 194 pages
...no man out of weak conceit of sobriety, or an ill applied moderation, think or maintain that a man can search too far or be too well studied in the book of God's word, or in the book of God's works."81 "The book of God's word" is the Bible. "The book of God's works"...
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Darwin's Metaphor

Robert Maxwell Young - 1971 - 372 pages
...no man, upon a weak conceit of sobriety, or an ill-applied moderation, think or maintain, that a man can search too far, or be too well studied in the book of God's word, or the book of God's works, divinity or philosophy; but rather let men endeavour an endless progress,...
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God and Nature: Historical Essays on the Encounter Between Christianity and ...

David C. Lindberg, Ronald L. Numbers - 1986 - 538 pages
...Let no man upon a weak conceit of sobriety or an illapplied moderation think or maintain, that a man can search too far, or be too well studied in the book of God's word, or in the book of God's works, divinity or philosophy; but rather let men endeavor an endless progress...
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