...as Bacon says in his Essay on Study, " if a man's wit be wandering, let him study the mathematics, for in demonstrations, if his wit be called away, never so little, he must begin again, &c. so every defect of the mind may have a special receipt." The mind, by being constantly exercised,...

...5. MATHEMATICAL AND PHYSICAL SCIENCE. " If a man's wit be wandering, let him study the mathematics ; for in demonstrations, if his wit be called away never so little, he must begin again." — BACON. " As tennis is a game of no use in itself, but of great use in respect it maketh a quick...

...COLL., CAMBRIDGE. " IF a man's wit be wandering," says Lord Bacon, "let him study the mathematics ; for, in demonstrations, if his wit be called away never so little, he must begin again." The noble and learned lord (to use a Parliamentary phrase) might have written at greater length respecting...

...; riding for*the head and the like ; BO if a man's wit be wandering, let him study the mathematics, for in demonstrations, if his wit be called away never...distinguish or find differences, let him study the schoolmen ; if he be not apt to beat over matters, and to call upon one thing to prove and illustrate...

...wandering, let him study tlie mathematics, for in demonstrations, if his wit be railed away never 90 little, he must begin again ; if his wit be not apt...distinguish or find differences, let him study the schoolmen; if he be not apt to bent over matters, and to call upon one thing to prove and illustrate...

...stomach ; riding for the head ; and the like. So, if a man's wit be wandering, let him study mathematics, for in demonstrations, if his wit be called away never...distinguish or find differences, let him study the schoolmen, for they are cymini sectores ; if he be not apt to beat over matters, and to call up one...

...riding for the head, and the -like; so, if a man's wits be wandering, let him study the mathematics, for in demonstrations, if his wit be called away never...again ; if his wit be not apt to distinguish or find differenceSj let him study the schoolmen, for they are " Cymini sectores ;" if he be not apt to beat...

...riding for the head ; and the like. So if a man's wit be wandering, let him study the mathematics ; for in demonstrations, if his wit be called away never...distinguish or find differences, let him study the schoolmen ; for they are cymini sectores : if he be not apt to beat over matters, and to call up one...

...riding for the head, and the like; so, if a man's wit be wandering, let him study the mathematics ;) for in demonstrations, if his wit be called away never so little, he must begin again; if his wit beju)t apt to distinguisli or jind TTOference?, let him stud) the schoolmen, fof'thfj^re^^Cymini' Befitores...

...'" 'Reins (obsolescent) for loins. So, if a man's wit be wandering, let him study the mathematics ; for in demonstrations, if his wit be called away never so little', he must begin again; if his witbe not apt to distinguish or find difference, let him study the schoolmen, for they are " Cy mini...