 STUDIES serve for delight, for ornament, and for ability. Their chief use for delight is in privateness and retiring ; for ornament, is in discourse ; and for ability, is in the judgment and disposition of business. For expert men can execute, and perhaps...  Bacon's essays, with annotations by R. Whately - Page 485by Francis Bacon (visct. St. Albans.) - 1864Full view - About this book
 | 1856 - 428 pages
...in discourse ; and for ability, ia in the judgment and disposition of business : for expert meu ran execute, and perhaps judge of particulars, one by one; but the general counsels, and the plots mid marshalling of affairs, vorne best from those that are learned. To spend too much time in studies,... | |
 | George Frederick Graham, Henry Reed - English language - 1856 - 372 pages
...to lot rrt1r.'] Exercise. " — — men can execute, and jndge of particulars, one by one ; but tha general counsels, and the plots and marshalling of affairs come best from those that ore learned." " To him Nestor thus rejoined, O friend, what sorrows dost thou bring to mind !" " The... | |
 | Hubbard Winslow - Philosophy - 1856 - 440 pages
...the gulf between the learned and the uneducated. " Expert men," says Lord Bacon, " can execute and judge of particulars one by one; but the general counsels, and the plots, and the marshalling of affairs come best from those that are learned." RELATION OF ABSTRACTION TO RELIGION.... | |
 | Francis Bacon, Richard Whately - Conduct of life - 1857 - 578 pages
...STUDIES serve for delight, for ornament, and for ability. Their chief use for delight, is in privateness1 and retiring ; for ornament, is in discourse ; and...those that are learned. To spend too much time in -J studies, is sloth ; to use them too much for ornament, is affectation ; to make2 judgment wholly... | |
 | Charles Dexter Cleveland - American literature - 1848 - 786 pages
...Studies serve for delight, for ornament, and for ability. Their chief use for delight is in privateness and retiring ; for ornament, ' is in discourse; and...of affairs, come best from those that are learned. plants, that need pruning by study ; and studies themselves do give forth directions too much at large,... | |
 | British and foreign school society - 1857 - 548 pages
...Studies serve for delight, for ornament, and for ability. The chief use for delight is in privateness and retiring ; for ornament, is in discourse ; and...plots, and marshalling of affairs, come best from those who are learned. To spend too much time in studies is sloth ; to use them too much for ornament is... | |
 | Francis Bacon - 1857 - 412 pages
...Retiring ; for Ornament is in Difcourfe ; and for Ability is in the Judgement and Difpofition of Bufinefs. For expert Men can execute, and perhaps judge of Particulars, one by one ; but the general Counfels, and the Plots and marfhalling of Affairs come beft from thofe that are learned. To fpend... | |
 | Education - 1857 - 956 pages
...second class of persons characterized by Lord Bacon, when he says that "expert шеи can execute and judge of particulars one by one ; but the general counsels, and the plots, and the marshaling of affairs come best from those that are learned." Mr. Dwight's business led him frequently... | |
 | Francis Bowen - 1857 - 444 pages
...second class of persons characterized by Lord Bacon, when he says that " expert men can execute and judge of particulars one by one ; but the general counsels, and the plots, and the marshaling of affairs come best from those that are learned." Mr. Dwight's business led him frequently... | |
 | Henry Barnard - Education - 1857 - 880 pages
...second class of persons characterized by Lord Bacon, when he says that " expert men can execute and judge of particulars one by one ; but the general counsels, and the plots, and the marshaling of affairs come best from those that are learned." Mr. Dwight's business led him frequently... | |
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