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" Certainly it is heaven upon earth to have a man's mind move in charity, rest in providence, and turn upon the poles of truth. "
The Essays of Lord Bacon: With Critical and Illustrative Notes ... - Page 5
by Francis Bacon - 1873 - 234 pages
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The British Prose Writers, Volume 1

1821 - 416 pages
...clear and serene), and to see the errors, and wanderings, and mists, and tempests, in the vale below :" so always, that this prospect be with pity, and not...rest in Providence, and turn upon the poles of truth. The pass from theological and philosophical truth to the truth of civil business, it will be acknowledged,...
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Essays moral, economical and political

Francis Bacon (visct. St. Albans.) - 1822 - 234 pages
...clear and serene), and to see the errors, and wanderings, and mists, and tempests, in the vale below :" so always, that this prospect be with pity, and not...move in charity, rest in Providence, and turn upon tbe poles of truth. The pass from theological and philosophical truth to the truth of civil business,...
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The Inheritance, Volume 1

Susan Ferrier - 1824 - 412 pages
...be ever to love a man who can only talk of votes, seats, rolls, and qualifications !" CHAPTER XVI. Certainly it is heaven upon earth to have a man's...rest in Providence, and turn upon the poles of truth. LORD BACON. " WELL, what do you think of our member?" was Miss Pratt's first salutation to Gertrude,...
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The Westminster Review, Volume 162

1904 - 738 pages
...English Liberalism. He was a living instance of the frame of mind depicted in Bacon's fine aphorism, " certainly it is heaven upon earth to have a man's...in Providence, and turn upon the poles of truth." We may all learn from history the lesson which Lord Acton apprehended perhaps more clearly than any...
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The Works of Francis Bacon, Lord Chancellor of England..: Essays ...

Francis Bacon - 1825 - 524 pages
...errors, and wanderings, and mists, and tem" pests, in the vale below:" so always that this prospest be with pity, and not with swelling or pride. Certainly,...truth, to the truth of civil business; it will be acknowlged even by those that practise it not, that clean and round dealing is the honour of man's...
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The Works of Francis Bacon: Lord Chancellor of England, Volume 1

Francis Bacon - 1825 - 538 pages
...errors, and wanderings, and mists, and tem" pests, in the vale below :" so always that this prospest be with pity, and not with swelling or pride. Certainly,...truth, to the truth of civil business ; it will be acknowlged even by those that practise it not, that clean and round dealing is the honour of man's...
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The Christian Advocate, Volume 3

1825 - 594 pages
...light into the face of man; and still he breatheth and inspired) light into the face of his chosen. Certainly it is heaven upon earth to have a man's...in providence, and turn upon the poles of truth." (LoiiD BACON.) I could exceedingly wish, Mr. Editor, that some of your correspondents would undertake,...
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The Works of Francis Bacon, Lord Chancellor of England, Volume 1

Francis Bacon, Basil Montagu - 1825 - 550 pages
...errors, and wanderings, and mists, and tem" pests, in the vale below:" so always that this prospest be with pity, and not. with swelling or pride. Certainly, it is heaven upon earth, to have a man's miud move in charity, rest in providence, and turn upon the poles of truth. To pass from theological...
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New Elegant Extracts: A Unique Selection ... from the Most Eminent Prose and ...

Richard Alfred Davenport - 1827 - 494 pages
...clear and serene), and to see the errors, and wanderings, and mists, and tempests, in the vale below:" so always, that this prospect be with pity, and not...mind move in charity, rest in Providence, and turn upou the poles of truth. To pass from theological and philosophical truth to the truth of civil business,...
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Dialogues on the First Principles of the Newtonian System, Volume 4

Walter Henry Burton - 1828 - 84 pages
...angle equal to the old system that we owe the fine astronomical allusion in his Essay on Truth : " Certainly it is heaven upon earth to " have a man's...Providence, and " turn upon the poles of truth." to an angle in the other, the two triangles might be so applied to each other, that two sides of the one...
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