He was bred to the law, which is, in my opinion, one of the first and noblest of human sciences ; a science which does more to quicken and invigorate the understanding, than all the other kinds of learning put together ; but it is not apt, except in persons... Burke - Page 8by John Morley - 1879 - 214 pagesFull view - About this book
| Dugald Stewart - 1854 - 454 pages
...science and profession of law ; and, accordingly, it has been observed by Mr. Burke, " That they do more to quicken and invigorate the understanding,...than all the other kinds of learning put together." The same author, however, adds, " that they are not apt, except in persons very happily born, to open... | |
| Henry Flanders - 1855 - 682 pages
...He was bred in a professioa. He was bred to the law, which is, in my opinion, one of the first aad noblest of human sciences; a science which does more...apt, except in persons very happily born, to open and liberalize the mind exactly in the same proportion.' Speech oa American Taxation. Again : in speaking... | |
| Benjamin Hall Kennedy - 1855 - 446 pages
...character, yet tinge it with their own hue. He was bred in a profession. He was bred to the law, which is, in my opinion, one of the first and noblest of human sciences ; a science which docs more to quicken and invigorate the understanding than all other kinds of human learning put together... | |
| Chauncey Allen Goodrich - 1856 - 962 pages
...Middle Temple. But he was never interested in the law. He saw enough of it to convince him that it is " one of the first and noblest of human sciences —...quicken and invigorate the understanding, than all other kinds of learning put together." Still, it was too dry and technical for a mind like his ; and... | |
| 1857 - 678 pages
...effect is that which Burke describes in his character of Greville : "He was bred to the law, which is, in my opinion, one of the first and noblest of...quicken and invigorate the understanding than all other kinds of learning put together ; but it is not apt, except in persons very happily born, to open... | |
| 1857 - 686 pages
...of human sciences — a science which does more to quicken and invigorate the understanding than all other kinds of learning put together ; but it is not apt, except in Eersons very happily born, to open and boralize the mind exactly in the same proportion." Why is the... | |
| 1857 - 694 pages
...He was bred to the law, which is, in my opinion, one of the first and noblest of haman sciences—a science which does more to quicken and invigorate the understanding than all other kinds of learning put together; but it is not apt, except in Whoever, in the freshness of youthful... | |
| Edmund Burke - 1860 - 644 pages
...hred in a profession. He was hred to the law, which is, in my opinion, one of the first and nohlest train of a court, and whose whole weight must he considered as a pertion tho other kinds of learning put together ; hut it is not apt, except in persons very happily horn,... | |
| James Waddel Alexander - 1860 - 430 pages
...the assertion of Burke, who while he acknowledges that legal science strengthens the mind, says, " but it is not apt, except in persons very happily born, to liberalize the mind exactly in the same proportion." Or rather, will I say may you prove that you are... | |
| William Blackstone, George Sharswood - 1860 - 874 pages
...the principles of original justice with the infinite variety of human concerns. One of the first an I noblest of human sciences, — a science which does more to quicken and invigomte tl¡e human understanding than all other kinds of human learning put together; hut if is... | |
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