 For the two ways of contemplation are not unlike the two ways of action commonly spoken of by the ancients; the one plain and smooth in the beginning, and in the end impassable; the other rough and troublesome in the entrance, but after a while fair and...  The Works of Francis Bacon: Philosophical works - Page 293by Francis Bacon (Viscount St. Albans) - 1857Full view - About this book
 | Tricia Armstrong - 2003 - 146 pages
...universe is full of magical things, patiently waiting for our wits to grow sharper. Eden Phillpotts If a man will begin with certainties, he shall end...will be content to begin with doubts, he shall end in certainty. Francis Bacon © 2003 The Whole-Brain Solution by Tricia Armstrong. Pembroke Publishers.... | |
 | 210 pages
...American novelist and race activist - Sherwood Eddy, youth leader and YMCA activist If a man will begin in certainties he shall end in doubts; but if he will be content to begin in doubts he shall end in certainties. — Francis Bacon, 16th-century English essayist and statesman... | |
 | Joseph O'Day - 2004 - 306 pages
...that he was "bound" to take the Ring into Mordor or "perish in the seeking." Francis Bacon once said, "If a man will begin with certainties, he shall end...will be content to begin with doubts, he shall end in certainties."1 Frodo, indeed, began with great doubt, but as he did his duty by carrying the Ring toward... | |
 | Daniel J. Benor - 2004 - 722 pages
...well as our spiritual relationship with Gaia, in the next two volumes of Healing Research. Conclusion If a man will begin with certainties, he shall end...he will be content to begin with doubts, he shall en d in certainties. - Francis Bacon (1605) Volume I of Healing Research presents rich anecdotal evidence... | |
 | F. Ronald Young - 2004 - 256 pages
...in single-bubble sonoluminescence, Phys Rev Lett 86, 2673. CHAPTER FOUR Theories of Sonoluminescence If a man will begin with certainties, he shall end in doubts. But if he will be content to start with doubts, he shall end in certainties. Francis Bacon Advancement of Learning Great spirits... | |
 | Dimitris N. Chorafas - 2011 - 352 pages
...both risk and return, and basically there is nothing wrong with uncertainty. As Francis Bacon put it, 'If a man will begin with certainties, he shall end in doubts. But if he will be content to begin in doubts, he will end in certainties.' No better dictum describes the work involved in risk management.... | |
 | Sango Mbella - 2005 - 304 pages
...is not a pleasant condition, but certainty is absurd. -Voltaire (1694 - 1778) If a man will begin in certainties he shall end in doubts; but if he will be content to begin in doubts he shall end in certainties. -Sir Francis Bacon (1561 - 1626) The first precept was never... | |
 | Larry Chang - 2006 - 826 pages
...Clouded over with confusion, You are searching Around for the light outside. ~ Hozoin Gakuzengo Inye ~ If a man will begin with certainties he shall end...but if he will be content to begin with doubts he may end in certainties. ~ Francis Bacon, 1561-1626 ~ Advancement of Learning, 1.5.8, 1605 Blue sky... | |
 | David P. Mindell - 2006 - 366 pages
...thank my family for their encouragement and understanding. THE EVOLVING WORLD If a man will begin in certainties he shall end in doubts; but if he will be content to begin in doubts he shall end in certainties. — Francis Bacon (1620) A BRIEF HISTORY OF THREE UNPOPULAR... | |
 | Mel Saunders - 2006 - 298 pages
...been quoted as saying about examining data "If a man will begin with certainties, he will end up with doubts; but if he will be content to begin with doubts, he will end up with certainties." It is a good idea to learn a little bit about probability and statistics.... | |
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