 | Edward John Burrow - Mollusks - 1825 - 334 pages
...refute error than to establish truth: thus, the several writers who have dissented from the Linnaean school, have, indeed, satisfactorily pointed out some flaws in the great fabric of the " Systema Naturae ; " but in attempting to eradicate the faulty parts, and to supply their place more fitly,... | |
 | Prideaux John Selby, William Jardine - Botany - 1838 - 616 pages
...to refute error than to establish truth :" quoth the Rev. Mr Burrow with sententious profoundness, " thus, the several writers who have dissented from...pointed out some flaws in the great fabric of the ' Systeraa Naturae ;' but in attempting to eradicate the faulty parts, and to supply their place more... | |
 | Prideaux John Selby, William Jardine - Botany - 1838 - 620 pages
...Burrow with sententious profoundness, " thus, the several writers who have dissented from the Linnaean school have, indeed, satisfactorily pointed out some flaws in the great fabric of the ' Systema Naturae ;' but in attempting to eradicate the faulty parts, and to supply their place more fitly, they... | |
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but in attempting to eradicate the faulty parts, and to supply their place more fitly, they have injured some of the main supports, and have nearly involved the whole edifice in ruin. 