 It is of great use to the sailor to know the length of his line, though he cannot with it fathom all the depths of the ocean. It is well he knows that it is long enough to reach the bottom, at such places as are necessary to direct his voyage, and caution...  Practical Essays - Page 57by Alexander Bain - 1884 - 338 pagesFull view - About this book
 | Samuel Cooper Thacher, David Phineas Adams, William Emerson - 1804 - 714 pages
...narrowness of our minds, if we will but employ them about what may be of use to us. 'Tis of great use to the sailor to know the length of his line, though he cannot with it fathom the depths of the ocean. 'Tis well he knows that it is long enough to reach the bottom,... | |
 | John Locke - Knowledge, Theory of - 1805 - 554 pages
...thing, and disclaim all "knowledge, because some things are not to be understood. It is of great use to' the sailor, to know the length of his line, though he cannot with it fathom all the depths of the ocean. It is well he knows, that it is long enough to reach the... | |
 | John Locke - Knowledge, Theory of - 1805 - 562 pages
...thing, and disclaim all knowledge, because some things are not to be understood. It is of great use to the sailor, to know the length of his line, though he cannot with it fathom all the depths of the ocean. It is well he knows, that it is long enough to reach the... | |
 | John Locke - 1815 - 454 pages
...thing, and disclaim all knowledge, because some things are not to be understood. It is of great use to the sailor, to know the length of his line, though he cannot with it fathom all the depths of the ocean. It is well he knows, that it is long enough to reach the... | |
 | Thomas Brown - Philosophy - 1822 - 552 pages
...thing, and disclaim all knowledge, because some things are not to be understood. It is of great use to the sailor, to know the length of his line, though he cannot with it fathom all the depths of the ocean. It is well he knows, that it is long enough to reach the... | |
 | 1854 - 718 pages
...proportioned, and where they fail us.' In the wellknown metaphor, he reminds us that ' it is of great use to the ' sailor to know the length of his line, though he cannot with ' it fathom all the depths of the ocean ; ' he tells us that ' if the ' capacities of our understanding... | |
 | John Locke - Philosophy - 1823 - 388 pages
...thing, and disclaim all knowledge, because some things are not to be understood. It is of great use to the sailor, to know the length of his line, though he cannot with it fathom all the depths of the ocean. It is well he knows, that it is long enough to reach the... | |
 | John Locke - 1824 - 552 pages
...thing, and disclaim all knowledge, because some things are not to be understood. It is of great us« to the sailor, to know the length of his line, though he cannot with it fathom all the depths of the ocean. It is well he knows, that it is long enough to reach the... | |
 | Thomas Brown - Philosophy - 1826 - 548 pages
...thing, and disclaim all knowledge, because some things are not to be understood. It is of great use to the sailor, to know the length of his line, though he cannot with it fathom all the depths of the ocean. It is well he knows, that it is long enough to reach the... | |
 | John Locke - Knowledge, Theory of - 1828 - 390 pages
...thing, and disclaim all knowledge, because some things are not to be understood. It is of great use to the sailor, to know the length of his line, though he cannot with it fathom all the depths of the ocean. It is well he knows, that it is long enough to reach the... | |
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