Our intercourse with intellectual nature is necessary ; our speculations upon matter are voluntary, and at leisure. Physiological learning is of such rare emergency that one may know another half his life, without being able to estimate his skill in hydrostatics... The American Journal of Education - Page 174edited by - 1864Full view - About this book
| Samuel Johnson - 1851 - 360 pages
...of all times and all places. We are perpetually moralists, but we are geometricians by chance. Our intercourse with intellectual nature is necessary...speculations upon matter are voluntary, and at leisure. Life of Milton. Physical knowledge is of such rare emergence, that one man may know another half his... | |
| Richard Hiley - 1853 - 310 pages
...and of all places ; and we are perpetually moralists, hut we are geometricians only hy chance. Our intercourse with intellectual nature is necessary...at leisure. Physiological learning is of such rare emergence, that one may know another half his'l,fe, without heing ahle to estimate his skill in hydrostatics... | |
| Samuel Johnson - 1853 - 336 pages
...of all times and all places. We are perpetually moralists, but we are geometricians by chance. Our intercourse with intellectual nature is necessary...speculations upon matter are voluntary, and at leisure. Life of Miltm. Physical knowledge is of such rare emergence, that one man may know another half his... | |
| Samuel Johnson - 1854 - 346 pages
...times and of all places ; we are perpetually moralists, but we are geometricians only by chance. Our intercourse with intellectual nature is necessary...at leisure. Physiological learning is of such rare emergence, that one may know another half his life without being able to estimate his skill in hydrostatics... | |
| Samuel Johnson - 1854 - 468 pages
...times and of all places ; we are perpetually moralists, but we are geometricians only by chance. Our intercourse with intellectual nature is necessary...at leisure. Physiological learning is of such rare emergence, that one man may know another half his life without being able to estimate his skill in... | |
| John Milton - 1855 - 900 pages
...all times and all places ; we are perpetually moralists, but we are geometricians only by chance. Oar intercourse with intellectual nature is necessary;...at leisure. Physiological learning is of such rare emergence, that one may know another half his life without being able to estimate his skill in hydrostatics... | |
| Henry Barnard - Education - 1856 - 768 pages
...times and of all places ; we are perpetually moralists, but we are geometricians only by chance. Our intercourse with intellectual nature is necessary...his life, without being able to estimate his skill iu hydrostatics or astronomy ; but, his moral and prudential character immediately appears. Those authors,... | |
| Samuel Johnson - English poetry - 1858 - 418 pages
...speculations upon matter are voluntary, and at leisure. Physiological learning is of such rare emergence, that one may know another half his life, without being...but his moral and prudential character immediately appears. Those authors, therefore, are to be read at schools that supply most axioms of prudence, most... | |
| David Masson - 1873 - 770 pages
...and a: " Physiological learning is of such tare emergence that oue " man may know another half hiĀ» life without being able to " estimate his skill in hydrostatics or astronomy : but hi* " moral and prudential character immediately appears. Those " authors, therefore, are to be read... | |
| Henry Barnard - Education - 1864 - 874 pages
...times and of all places ; we are perpetually moralists, but we are geometricians only by chance. Our intercourse with intellectual nature is necessary...and at leisure. Physiological learning is of such rave emergency that one may know another halt' his life, without being able to estimate his skill in... | |
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