...believe that the highest link of nature's chain must needs be tied to the foot of Jupiter's chair. To conclude, therefore, let no man, upon a weak conceit...works; divinity or philosophy; but rather let men enleavor an endless progress, or proficiency in both : only let men beware that they apply both to...

...effect it for once." BvTLEu : Analogy of Revealed Religion. " To conclude, therefore, let no man out of a weak conceit of sobriety, or an ill-applied moderation,...but rather let men endeavour an endless progress or proficienco in both." BACON : Advancement of Learning. Down, Bromley, Kent, tfotember 24(A, 1859. (let...

...Let me conclude with the 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...Book of God's Word, or in the Book of God's Works ; but rather let them endeavour an endless progress or proficiency in both ; only let them beware that...

...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...

..."philosophy," and "divinity." Bacon uses the metaphor of the book, but his use of it heralds a new age: Let no man upon a weak conceit of sobriety or an ill-applied...works, divinity or philosophy; but rather let men endeavor an endless progress or proficience in both; only let men beware that they apply both to charity...

...Bacon wrote: "To conclude, therefore, let no man out of weak conceit of sobriety, or an ill applied moderation, think or maintain that a man can search...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" is the world which God has...

...passage from Sir Francis Bacon's Advancement of Learning which helps to make this point. Bacon says, ... let no man, upon a weak conceit of sobriety, or an...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,...

...Clarendon Press, 1973). 13 Geologists and Interpreters of Genesis in the Nineteenth Century James R. Moore Let no man upon a weak conceit of sobriety or an illapplied...works, divinity or philosophy; but rather let men endeavor an endless progress or proficience in both; only let men beware . . . that they do not unwisely...

...avoid unnecessary confrontations between the two messages. In 1605 Francis Bacon wrote, "Let no one think or maintain that a man can search too far or...in the book of God's Works, divinity or philosophy. . . . [We should] not unwisely mingle or confound these learnings together."1 In the first section...

...(Butler: Analogy of Revealed Religion [added to 2d ed.]) To conclude, therefore, let no man out of a weak conceit of sobriety, or an ill-applied moderation,...endeavour an endless progress or proficience in both. (Bacon: Advancement of Learning) These theological connections threaten their vision of a neat science/...