| Francis Bacon (visct. St. Albans.) - 1877 - 782 pages
...functions whereto our fellows are assigned ; and fourthly the ordinances and rites which we observe. " The end of our foundation is the knowledge of causes and secret motions of things, and the enlarging of the bounds of human empire, to the effecting of all things possible. " The preparations and instruments... | |
| Francis Bacon - 1882 - 570 pages
...functions whereto our fellows are assigned ; and fourthly, the ordinances and rites which we observe. " The end of our foundation is the knowledge of causes and secret motions of things,"1 and the enlarging of the bounds of human empire, to the effecting of all things . possible.... | |
| John Michels (Journalist) - 1919 - 688 pages
...should be sent to The Editor of Science, Gameon-onHudaon, NY THE UNIVERSITY AND PUBLIC HEALTHi ' ' THE end of our foundation is the knowledge of causes, and secret motions of things ; ,the enlarging of the bounds of human empire, to the effecting of all things possible." In these... | |
| Francis Bacon (visct. St. Albans.) - 1884 - 564 pages
...sometimes (which may seem strange) for curing of some diseases, and for prolongation of life in " The end of our foundation is the knowledge of causes and secret motions of things, and the enlarging of the bounds of human empire, to the effecting of all things possible. some hermits that choose to... | |
| Royal Society (Great Britain) - 1884 - 558 pages
...Solomon's House — he, whose countenance was " as if he pitied men," — declares that the end of that foundation is " the knowledge of causes and secret motions of things, and the enlarging of the bounds of human empire to the effecting of all things possible." I think that the Chancellor... | |
| Edwin Abbott Abbott - 1885 - 540 pages
...its inmates, and their ordinances and rites ; and he at once states the object of the House to be " the knowledge of Causes and secret motions of things, and the enlarging of the bounds of human empire, to the effecting of all things possible." Here the literary interest... | |
| Francis Bacon - 1887 - 882 pages
...functions whereto our fellows are assigned. And fourthly, the ordiuances and rites which we observe. " The End of our Foundation is the knowledge of Causes, and secret motions of things ' ; and the enlarging of the bounds of Human Empire, to the effecting of all things possible. " The Preparations and Instruments... | |
| Plutarch - 1890 - 298 pages
...functions whereto our fellows are assigned. And fourthly, the ordinances and rites which we observe. " The end of our foundation is the knowledge of causes, and secret motions of things ; and the enlarging of the bounds of human empire, to the effecting of all things possible. " The preparations and instruments... | |
| George Henslow - 1895 - 286 pages
...and of reproduction are reserved. Printed by BALLANTVNE, HANSON & Co. At the Ballantync Press "The end of our foundation is the knowledge of causes and secret motions of things." — BACON. " What determines molecular motion ? The fundamental problem of Nature." — CHOLL. "The... | |
| CHARLES M. ANDREWS, PhD - 1901 - 376 pages
...functions whereto our fellows are assigned. And fourthly, the ordinances and rites which we observe. " The end of our foundation is the knowledge of causes, and secret motions of things; and the enlarging of the bounds of human empire, to the effecting of all things possible. * The preparations and instruments... | |
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