 Truth is the cry of all, but the game of a few. Certainly, where it is the chief passion, it doth not give way to vulgar cares and views ; nor is it contented with a little ardour in the early time of life ; active, perhaps, to pursue, but not so fit...  The Works of George Berkeley - Page 344by George Berkeley - 1871Full view - About this book
 | Tryon Edwards - 1853 - 442 pages
...truth, any cause to wonder that he does not hear it. — Tacitus. TRUTH AND KNOWLEDGE. — He that would make a real progress in knowledge, must dedicate his age as well as youth, the latter growth as well as the first fruits, on the altar of truth. — Berkeley. TRUTH AND NOVELTY.... | |
 | George Bancroft - 1853 - 520 pages
...preferment, but a real progress in knowledge ; so that he dedicated his age, as well as his early years — the later growth, as well as the first fruits — at the altar of truth. The material tendencies of the age in which he lived were hateful to his purity of sentiment; and,... | |
 | 1856 - 374 pages
...poisoned darts, which not only inflict a wound, but make it incurable. — AMisun. DCXXIV. He that would make a real progress in knowledge must dedicate his age as well as youth, the latter growth as well as the first fruits, at the altar of truth. — Berkeley. DCXXV. Long-parted... | |
 | 1856 - 530 pages
...altering their opinions. — Dean Domes' able Lecture at Huddersfield. PROGRESS IN KNOWLEDGE. — He that would make a real progress in knowledge must dedicate his age as well as youth, the latter growth as well as the first fruits, at the altar of truth. — Berkeley. Intelligence. BOARD... | |
 | Henry Southgate - 1862 - 774 pages
...search out dead men's words, and works of dead men's hands. Arnold, KNOWLEDGE- Attendant on. He that would make a real progress in knowledge must dedicate his age as well as youth — the latter-growth as well as the firstfruits — at the altar of truth. Bakop Berttley. KNOWLEDGE. KNOWLEDGE.... | |
 | 1862 - 542 pages
..." early time of life ; active, perhaps, to " pursue, but not so fit to weigh and " revise. He that would make a real " progress in knowledge, must dedicate " his age as well as youth, the latter "growth as well as the first fruits at о 2 "the altar of Truth." In 1752, his long-cherished... | |
 | 1862 - 794 pages
...that would make a real ' progress in knowledge, must dedicate ' his age as well as youth, the latter 'growth as well as the first fruits at "the altar of Truth." In 1752, his long-cherished love for Oxford induced Berkeley to repose his old age in meditative retirement... | |
 | 1863 - 494 pages
...vulgar cares or views ; nor is it contented with a little ardour in the early time of life. He that would make a real progress in knowledge must dedicate his age as well as his youth — the latter growth as well as the firstfruits — at the altar of TRUTH." THE • BRITISH... | |
 | Hubert Ashton Holden - 1864 - 592 pages
...early time of life, active perhaps to pursue, but not so fit to weigh and revise. He that would make real progress in knowledge, must dedicate his age as well as youth, the later growth as well as first fruits, at the altar of truth. G. BERKELEY 322. FALSE POLICY OF THE BRITISH GOVERNMENT. When... | |
 | Henry Lytton Bulwer Baron Dalling and Bulwer - 1868 - 788 pages
...ardour in the early time of life; active perhaps to pursue, but not so fit to weigh and revise. He that would make a real progress in knowledge, must dedicate his age as well as youth, the latter growth as well as first fruits, at the altar of truth.' So did Berkeley, and such were almost... | |
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