 | William Gifford, Sir John Taylor Coleridge, John Gibson Lockhart, Whitwell Elwin, William Macpherson, William Smith, Sir John Murray IV, Rowland Edmund Prothero (Baron Ernle) - 1891 - 580 pages
...character, and be able to refuse invitations, &c. The fact is that to become great in science a man must bo nearly as devoted as a lawyer, and must have more than mere talent.' In his whimsical way Sedgwick pretended to ascribe his valetudinarian habit to circumstances attending... | |
 | 1891 - 874 pages
...leads him astray. A man should have some severity of character, and be able to refuse invitations, etc. The fact is that to become great in science a man...as a lawyer, and must have more than mere talent. In his whimsical way Sedgwick pretended to ascribe his valetudinarian habit to circumstances attending... | |
 | Sir Charles Lyell - 1881 - 504 pages
...a bad thing to have to give up to a chancellor in exchange. I gave Mrs. Mallet an invitation to ray introductory lecture, with which she was much pleased,...heard Miss Kemble, I went again to the Adelphi to hear Tates for a couple of hours, which is as long as I like to be at a play, and got home and in bed by... | |
 | Sir Norman Lockyer - 1882 - 670 pages
...astray. A man should have some severity of character, and be able to refuse invitations, &c. The fact is, to become great in science, a man must be nearly as...devoted as a lawyer, and must have more than mere talent " (vol. ip 375). With respect to the unfortunate quarrel between these two pioneers in the study of... | |
 | Sir Norman Lockyer - 1882 - 780 pages
...astray. A man should have some severity of character, and be able to refuse invitations, &c. The fact is, to become great in science, a man must be nearly as...devoted as a lawyer, and must have more than mere talent " (vol. ip 375). With respect to the unfortunate quarrel between these two pioneers in the study of... | |
 | John Willis Clark, Thomas McKenny Hughes - 1890 - 596 pages
...leads him astray. A man should have some severity of character, and be able to refuse invitations, etc. The fact is that to become great in science a man...devoted as a lawyer, and must have more than mere talent 1 ." On reviewing the whole case—with the help of what we know of Sedgwick in the closing years of... | |
 | John Willis Clark, Thomas McKenny Hughes - 1890 - 618 pages
...leads him astray. A man should have some severity of character, and be able to refuse invitations, etc. The fact is that to become great in science a man...devoted as a lawyer, and must have more than mere talent1." On reviewing the whole case — with the help of what we know of Sedgwick in the closing... | |
 | Sir Norman Lockyer - 1890 - 928 pages
...application necessary to make his splendid abilities tell in a work. Besides, everyone leads him astray ; ... to become great in science, a man must be nearly as...as a lawyer, and must have more than mere talent.'' Still it must be remembered that Sedgwick' s health, notwithstanding the great age to which he attained,... | |
 | Sir Norman Lockyer - 1890 - 812 pages
...application necessary to make his splendid abilities tell in a work. Besides, everyone leads him astray ; ... to become great in science, a man must be nearly as...devoted as a lawyer, and must have more than mere talent.1' Still it must be remembered that Sedgwick' s health, notwithstanding the great age to which... | |
 | Sarah Knowles Bolton - 1926 - 384 pages
...socially. "A man should have some severity of character, and be able to refuse invitations, etc.," he said. "The fact is, that to become great in science, a man...as a lawyer, and must have more than mere talent. ... I think I never do so much as when I have fought a battle not to go out." Those who have written... | |
| |
... won't be just ready, and he is growing older. He has not the application necessary to make his splendid abilities tell in a work. Besides, every one leads him astray. A man should have some severity of character, and be able to refuse invitations,... 