... whereupon to rest a searching and restless spirit ; or a terrace for a wandering and variable mind to walk up and down with a fair prospect ; or a tower of state for a proud mind to raise itself upon; or a fort or commanding ground for strife and... Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine - Page 4251851Full view - About this book
| Edward Bulwer Lytton Baron Lytton - 1852 - 428 pages
...thus that, after saying the greatest error of all is the mistaking or misplacing the end of knowledge, and denouncing the various objects for which it is vulgarly sought; — I think it is thus that he procceds. . . . ' Knowledge is not a shop for profit or sale, but a rich storehouse for the glory of... | |
| R. W. Vanderkiste - 1852 - 380 pages
...a proud mind to raise itself upon — or a fort or commanding ground for strife and contention — but a rich storehouse for the glory of the Creator, and the relief of man's estate." And the days, dear reader, in which we may do good on earth are numbered : — " Oh... | |
| 1852 - 978 pages
...commanding ground for strife and contention, or a shop for profit and sale, •^ not [instead of?] a rich storehouse for the glory of the Creator and the relief of man's estate. —The words in italics represent the changes rendered necessary by the suggested variation... | |
| Hubert Ashton Holden - 1852 - 380 pages
...; or a fort or commanding ground for strife and contention : or a shop for profit or sale ; and not a rich storehouse for the glory of the Creator, and the relief of man's estate. Bacon, XXI. lUng ©jjarles'ji liclimi. IF human force and preparation could have determined... | |
| Samuel Bailey - 1852 - 298 pages
...a fort or commanding ground for strife and contention ; or a shop for profit or sale ; — and not a rich storehouse for the glory of the Creator and the relief of man's estate." This passage, splendid in its imagery rather than precise in its purport, appears to... | |
| 1953 - 1224 pages
...there were sought in knowledge a couch where-upon to rest a searching and restless spirit * * * and not a rich storehouse for the glory of the Creator and the relief of man's estate. — Sir Francis Bacon, in "The Advancement of Learning." BE AN AMBASSADOR OF Good Will... | |
| Joan Simon - 1966 - 472 pages
...true account of their gift of reason for the benefit and use of men'; they fail to see knowledge as 'a rich storehouse for the glory of the Creator and the relief of man's estate'. Yet it is this, Bacon insists, that will in fact dignify and exalt knowledge, 'if contemplation... | |
| Leonard R. N. Ashley - 1988 - 330 pages
...upon; or a fort or commanding ground for strife and contention; or a shop for profit or sale; and not a rich storehouse for the glory of the Creator and the relief of man's estate. But this is that which will indeed dignify and exalt knowledge, if contemplation and... | |
| Edward LeRoy Long Jr. - 1992 - 250 pages
...value of philosophy for affairs of state, as well as Bacon's belief that knowledge is best used "as a rich storehouse for the glory of the Creator and the relief of man's estate," have been utilized on the premise that the educational institution trains individuals... | |
| B. H. G. Wormald - 1993 - 436 pages
...upon; or a fort or commanding ground, for strife and contention; or a shop for profit or sale; and not a rich storehouse, for the glory of the creator and the relief of man's estate.27 Sloth, vain-glory, envy, pride, greed - it is failings like these which Bacon describes... | |
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