 ... geometrically, without any knowledge of geometry ; somewhat like a child, who, by turning the handle of an organ, makes good music, without any knowledge of music. The art is not in the child, but in him who made the organ. In like manner, when a...  The Bee, Or Literary Intelligencer - Page 188edited by - 1793Full view - About this book
 | 1851 - 746 pages
...like manner, when a bee makes its comb so geometrically, the geometry is not in the bee, but in the Great Geometrician who made the bee, and made all things in number, weight, and measure. j THE FRUITS OF PRAYER. ! I MAY just notice, that apart from the j open return, there is a secret reward... | |
 | Oliver Goldsmith - 1852 - 674 pages
...the child, but in HIM who made the organ. In like manner, when a bee makes its comb so geometrically, the geometry is not in the bee, but in that Great...and made all things in number, weight, and measure." The solitary bees and wasps construct very complicated nests for the reception of their eggs. From... | |
 | Naturalist pseud, Edward Wilson (M.A., F.L.S.) - 1852 - 444 pages
...principles of the arts which they practise so skilfully ; — the geometry is not in the Bee, but in the great Geometrician, who made the bee, and made all things in number, weight, and measure." The works of Bevan and Huber, and also Insect Architecture, will afford great amusement to those who... | |
 | Dugald Stewart - 1854 - 452 pages
...the child, but in him who made the organ. In like manner, when a bee makes its comb so geometrically, the geometry is not in the bee, but in that great...made all things in number, weight, and measure.'"' i Essays on the Active Powers. 4to tunity of mentioning the pleasure with edition, pp. 106-108. which... | |
 | Dugald Stewart - 1854 - 452 pages
...the child, but in him who made the organ. In like manner, when a bee makes its comb so geometrically, the geometry is not in the bee, but in that great...bee, and ' made all things in number, weight, and measure.'"1 1 Essay i on tlte Aciive Pauitra. 4to tunity of mentioning the pleasure with edition, pp.... | |
 | Dugald Stewart - 1854 - 448 pages
...the child, but in him who made the organ. In like mauner, when a bee makes its comb so geometrically, the geometry is not in the bee, but in that great...bee, and ' made all things in number, weight, and measure/"i i Ettays on the Active Poieers. 4to tunity of mentioning the pleasure with edition, pp.... | |
 | K. P. Kidder - 1859 - 178 pages
...geon etry." " After all," as Doct. Reid remarks, "the geome: ry is not wholly in the bee, but in the great Geometrician who made the bee, and made all things in number, weight, and measure." The cells in a honey cjmb aie of different dimensions, according to the different classes of bees of... | |
 | William Jardine - 1859 - 424 pages
...knowledge of geometry." After all, as Dr. Reid remarks, the geometry is not in the bee, but in the Geometrician who made the bee, and made all things in number, weight, and measure. The cells in a honey-comb are of different dimensions, corresponding to the different classes of bees,... | |
 | Thomas Reid - 1863 - 542 pages
...bee makes its comb so geometrically, the geometry is not in the bee, but in that 54G CHAP. II.] 547 great Geometrician who made the bee, and made all things in number, weight, and measure.* To return to instincts in man ; those are most remarkable which appear in infancy, when we are ignorant... | |
 | Thomas Cogswell Upham - 1864 - 582 pages
...the child, but in him who made the organ. In like manner when a bee makes its comb so geometrically, the geometry is not in the bee, but in that great...and made all things in number, weight, and measure." V 313. Instances of instincts in the human mind. But it is not our design to enter particularly into... | |
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