 | George Henry Townsend - 1857 - 136 pages
...spake of before. But howsoever these things are thus in men's depraved judgments and affections, yet truth, which only doth judge itself, teacheth that...it — is the sovereign good of human nature."— FKAXCIS BACON. SHAKESPEAEE NOT AN IMPOSTOR. CHAPTER I. THE NATURE OF THE CHARGE. " Then what do those... | |
 | 1857 - 584 pages
...subservience, and intrigue, in which he lived, as a lawyer, a courtier, and a chancellor, when he wrote, " Truth, which only doth judge itself, teacheth that...enjoying of it — is the sovereign good of human nature. Certainly it is a heaven upon earth to have a man's mind move in charity, rest in Providence, and turn... | |
 | Henry Barnard - Education - 1857 - 880 pages
...at length, an intellectual and moral wreck. Most justly, as well as beautifully, has Bacon said, " truth, which only doth judge itself, teacheth that...of it, — is the sovereign good of human nature." Guided by his own unassisted reflective reason, man does unquestionably attain to great results, both... | |
 | Education - 1857 - 956 pages
...compass, on the great ocean of uncertainty, — suffers, at length, an intellectual and moral wreck. only doth judge itself, teacheth that the inquiry...of it, — is the sovereign good of human nature.'' Guided by his own unassisted reflective reason, man does unquestionably attain to great results, both... | |
 | Universalism - 1857 - 444 pages
...to lasting peace. Well observes Lord Bacon, that "the inquiry of truth, which is the love-making and wooing of it; the knowledge of truth, which is the...enjoying of it, is the sovereign good of human nature." But truth is not only divine, it is also enduring. Only that which is pervaded by it abides the lapse... | |
 | Religion - 1857 - 996 pages
...ideas run all through his works, from the first page to the last. Thus in the first of his Essays : Yet truth, which only doth judge itself, teacheth that...the knowledge of truth, which is the presence of it ; arid the belief of truth, which is the enjoyment of it ; is the sovereign good of human nature. The... | |
 | William Henry Smith - Catholics - 1857 - 188 pages
...as may induce some active inquiry in this direction." And what is the use ? Let Bacon answer : — " The inquiry of truth, which is the love-making or...the knowledge of truth, which is the presence of it; the belief of truth, which is the enjoying of it — is THE SOVEREIGN GOOD OF HUMAN NATURE." But what... | |
 | George Henry Townsend - 1857 - 140 pages
...spake of before. But howsoever these things are thus in men's depraved judgments and affections, yet truth, which only doth judge itself, teacheth that...which is the love-making, or wooing of it — the k nowledge of truth, which is the presence of it — and the belief of truth, which is the enjoying... | |
 | Francis Bacon - 1857 - 412 pages
...things are thus in Men's depraved Judgements and Affections, yet Truth, which only doth judge itfelf, teacheth, that the Inquiry of Truth, which is the...Wooing of it ; the Knowledge of Truth, which is the Prefence of it ; and the Belief of Truth, which is the enjoying of it ; is the Sovereign Good of human... | |
 | Psychiatry - 1857 - 652 pages
...annotations in the ordinary type. 1 Truth, which only doth judge of itself, teacheth that the enquiry of truth, which is the love-making or wooing of it...the knowledge of truth, which is the presence of it ; the belief of truth, which is the enjoying of it; is the sovereign good of human nature The poet... | |
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... the inquiry of truth, which is the love-making, or wooing of it ; the knowledge of truth, which is the presence of it ; and the belief of truth, which is the enjoying of it ; is the sovereign good of human nature. 
