 Goodness I call the habit, and goodness of nature the inclination. This of all virtues and dignities of the mind is the greatest, being the character of the Deity : and without it man is a busy, mischievous, wretched thing, no better than a kind of vermin.  The Advancement of Learning, Book I - Page 139by Francis Bacon - 1904 - 145 pagesFull view - About this book
 | James Comper Gray - 1871 - 442 pages
...rich young ruler Ma. xix. 16—30; Lu. xviii. 18—30. a Ac. xv. 30, 31. 6 Ps. btxxvi. 5; Mix 08. " Goodness I call the habit, and goodness of nature...the greatest, being the character of the Deity; and Early piety. — Some time since, the mother of a rosy, restless, affectionate little hoy, remarkable... | |
 | Charles Sumner - 1871 - 482 pages
...of men, which is that the Grecians cull Philanthropia, .... of all virtues and dignities of the mind the greatest, being the character of the Deity ; and without it, man is a busy, mischievous, wretehed thing, no better than a kind of vermin." 1 Lord Bacon was right, and perhaps unconsciously... | |
 | 1872 - 660 pages
...Grecians call philanthropia ; and the word "humanity," as it is used, is a little too light to express it. Goodness I call the habit; and goodness of nature,...theological virtue charity, and admits no excess but error. The desire of power in excess caused the angels to fall ; the desire of knowledge in excess caused... | |
 | Francis Bacon - 1873 - 266 pages
...Grecians call Philanthropia ; and the word humanity (as it is used) is a little too light to express it. Goodness I call the habit, and goodness of nature...theological virtue charity, and admits no excess but error. The desire of power in excess caused the angels to fall ; the desire of knowledge in excess caused... | |
 | 1873 - 530 pages
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 | Joseph Simms - 1873 - 262 pages
...may be considered almost a fault. Bacon says of goodness: "This of all virtues and DECISIVENESS. 141 dignities of the mind is the greatest, being the character...without it, man is a busy, mischievous, wretched thing." " Good deeds will shine as the stars in heaven," says Chalmers. Dickens says: "There is nothing innocent... | |
 | Francis Bacon (visct. St. Albans.) - 1874 - 100 pages
...Grecians call Philanthropia; s and the word humanity? as it is used, is a little too light to express it. Goodness I call the habit, and goodness of nature...character of the Deity; and without it, man is a busy, 7 mischievous, wretched thing, no better than a kind of vermin. Goodness answers to the theological... | |
 | Charles Edwards Lester - 1874 - 648 pages
...of men, which is what the Grecians call Philanthropeia — of all virtues and dignities of the mind the greatest, being the character of the Deity ; and...wretched thing, no better than a kind of vermin." Lord Bacon was right, and, perhaps, unconsciously followed 188 FREEDOM THE DARLING OF HISTORY. a higher... | |
 | 1875 - 1042 pages
...in his " Essays," " the affecting of the weal of men, which is what the Grecians call Philanthropeia This, of all virtues and dignities of the mind, is...wretched thing, no better than a kind of vermin." Lord Bacon was right. Confessing the attractions of scholarship, awed by the majesty of the law, fascinated... | |
 | Benjamin G. Lovejoy - 1888 - 306 pages
...Grecians call Philanthropia; and the word humanity (as it is used), is a little too light to express it. Goodness I call the habit, and goodness of nature...theological virtue charity, and admits no excess but error. The desire of power in excess caused the angels to fall; the desire of knowledge in excess caused man... | |
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