Bacon's Essays: with annotations by Richard Whately. Sixth edition, revised and enlargedLongman & Company, 1864 - 620 pages |
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... virtue in receiving truth ; for it may happen that our interest , or our wishes , are in the same direction ; or it may be forced upon us by evidence as irresistible as that of a mathematical demonstration . The virtue consists in being ...
... virtue in receiving truth ; for it may happen that our interest , or our wishes , are in the same direction ; or it may be forced upon us by evidence as irresistible as that of a mathematical demonstration . The virtue consists in being ...
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... virtue : a perfect regula- tion of any one of the human passions is probably not more attainable than perfect candour ; but we are.not therefore to give a loose to the passions ; we are not to relax our efforts for the attainment of any ...
... virtue : a perfect regula- tion of any one of the human passions is probably not more attainable than perfect candour ; but we are.not therefore to give a loose to the passions ; we are not to relax our efforts for the attainment of any ...
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... virtue , a long race is more conducive to success than a short one . • Absque spatiis vitæ majoribus , nec perficere datur , nec perdiscere , nec pœnitere . It is only in a long life that time is afforded us to complete anything , to ...
... virtue , a long race is more conducive to success than a short one . • Absque spatiis vitæ majoribus , nec perficere datur , nec perdiscere , nec pœnitere . It is only in a long life that time is afforded us to complete anything , to ...
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... virtues flow , as it were , in its own channel . Zeal for truth becomes , gradually , zeal for the watchword — the ... virtue , -it enlists in its cause , and confines within its own limits ; and the conscience becomes gradually so ...
... virtues flow , as it were , in its own channel . Zeal for truth becomes , gradually , zeal for the watchword — the ... virtue , -it enlists in its cause , and confines within its own limits ; and the conscience becomes gradually so ...
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... virtue held up for admiration and imitation consists in selecting as a bosom friend , and a guide , and a model of excellence , one who had been guilty of manifest and gross injustice ; because the party had suffered personally from ...
... virtue held up for admiration and imitation consists in selecting as a bosom friend , and a guide , and a model of excellence , one who had been guilty of manifest and gross injustice ; because the party had suffered personally from ...
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