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Works of Francis Bacon - Page 226
by Francis Bacon - 1864
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The Thoughts of the Emperor M. Aurelius Antoninus

Marcus Aurelius (Emperor of Rome) - 1864 - 345 pages
...estate ; which is, the electing and propounding unto a man's self good and virtuous ends of his life, such as may be in a reasonable sort within his compass to attain." He is a happy man who has been wise enough to do this when he was young and has had the opportunities...
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Bacon: The Advancement of Learning

Francis Bacon - Knowledge, Theory of - 1876 - 504 pages
...estate; which is, the electing and propounding unto a man's self good and virtuous ends of his life, such as may be in a reasonable sort within his compass...set before him honest and good ends, and again, that he be resolute, constant, and true unto them; it will follow that he shall mould himself into all virtue...
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Bacon's essays, with intr., notes and index by E.A. Abbott, Volume 1

Francis Bacon (visct. St. Albans.) - 1876 - 300 pages
...effectual, which is, the electing and propounding unto a man's self good and •virtuous ends of his life and actions, such as may be in a reasonable sort within his compass to attain. This remedy is the only natural one, for it alone works as Nature works, making the whole man grow...
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The Thoughts of the Emperor M. Aurelius Antoninus

Marcus Aurelius (Emperor of Rome) - 1880 - 234 pages
...good estate; which is, electing and propounding unto a man's self good and virtuous ends of his life, such as may be in a reasonable sort within his compass to attain." He is a happy man who has been wise enough to do this when he was young and has had the opportunities;...
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Chapters in the History of English Literature: From 1509 to the Close of the ...

Ellen Crofts - England - 1884 - 394 pages
...effectual remedy is " that of electing and propounding into a man's self good and virtuous ends to his life and actions, such as may be in a reasonable sort within his compass to attain." And when we read the essay on Charity, " the affecting of the weal of men which is what the Grecians...
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The Advancement of Learning

Francis Bacon - Logic - 1885 - 438 pages
...and propounding unto a man's self good and virtuous ends of his life, such as may be in a reasonalle sort within his compass to attain. For if these two...set before him honest and good ends, and again, that he be resolute, constant, and true unto them; it will follow that he shall mould himself into all virtue...
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The Works of Francis Bacon: Philosophical works

Francis Bacon - 1887 - 882 pages
...estate ; which is the electing and propounding unto a man's self good and virtuous ends of his life, such as may be in a reasonable sort within his compass...set before him honest and good ends, and again that he be resolute, constant, 1 ie method of culture (Jmjus cuitara.• intmlio tí i/istiiutum). and true...
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The Beginnings of Ethics

Carroll Cutler - Ethics - 1889 - 352 pages
...the electing and propounding unto a man's self good And virtuous ends of his life, such as may be HV a reasonable sort within his compass to attain. For...set before him honest and good ends; and again, that he be resolute, constant, and true unto them, it will follow that he shall mould himself into all virtue...
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The Thoughts of the Emperor Marcus Aurelius Antoninus

Marcus Aurelius (Emperor of Rome) - Ethics - 1889 - 318 pages
...estate ; which is, the electing and propounding unto a man's self good and virtuous ends of his life, such as may be in a reasonable sort within his compass to attain." He is a happy man who has been wise enough to do this when he was young and has had the opportunities...
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Bacon's Essays, Volume 2

Francis Bacon - 1889 - 298 pages
...efectual, which is, the electing and ftroftounding unto a man's self good and virtuous ends of his life and actions, such as may be in a reasonable sort within his comftass to attain. This remedy is the only natural one, for it alone works as Nature works, making...
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