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" There is a superstition in avoiding superstition, when men think to do best if they go furthest from the superstition formerly received... "
Essays, Moral, Economical, and Political - Page 89
by Francis Bacon - 1812 - 295 pages
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The Iris, Or Literary Messenger, Volume 1

1841 - 580 pages
...in all superstition wise men follow fools ; and arguments are fitted to practice in a reversed order There is a superstition in avoiding superstition,...farthest from the superstition, formerly received."— FEANCIS BACON. Historians tell us, that gross barbarism is by no means necessary to the growth and...
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Church Needlework: With Practical Remarks on Its Arrangement and Preparation ...

Miss Lambert (F.) - Church decoration and ornament - 1844 - 200 pages
...CANNOT BE QUOTED—NO—NOR EVEN THE LUTHERAN REFORMERS."— ARCHDEACON HOOK. "THERE IS A SCPERSTTTION IN AVOIDING SUPERSTITION, WHEN MEN THINK TO DO BEST...IF THEY GO FARTHEST FROM THE SUPERSTITION FORMERLY RECEIVED."—BACON. c-o THE CROSS AND SACRED MONOGRAM. " Nor have there been wanting some who have...
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Ainsworth's Magazine, Volume 5

William Harrison Ainsworth - English periodicals - 1844 - 614 pages
...place, this great man says, " Superstition is the reproach of the Deity. "Without a veil, superstition is a deformed thing; for, as it addeth deformity to an ape to be like a man, so the similitude of superstition to religion makes it the more deformed." But to our present...
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The Church of England quarterly review, Volume 20

1846 - 534 pages
...much, than that in parting with them they should lose faith altogether. " There is (says Lord Bacon) a superstition in avoiding superstition, when men think to do best, if they go furthest from the superstition formerly received. Therefore care should be had, that (as it fareth...
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Bacon: His Writings, and His Philosophy, Volume 1

George Lillie Craik - Philosophers - 1846 - 730 pages
...universal frame is without a deity. Against, As an ape appears the more deformed for his resemblance to man, so the similitude of superstition to religion makes it the more odious. What affectation is in civil matters, such is superstition in divine. It were better to have...
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The Protestant magazine, Volume 9

Protestant association - 1847 - 424 pages
...matters by human, which cannot but breed mixture of imaginations." — " Superstition without a veil is a deformed thing; for as it addeth deformity to...superstition to religion makes it the more deformed; as wholesome meat corrupteth to little worms, so good forms and orders corrupt into a number of petty...
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Fallacy of Ghosts, Dreams, and Omens: With Stories of Witchcraft, Life-in ...

Charles Ollier - Dreams - 1848 - 270 pages
...place, this great man says, " Superstition is the reproach of the Deity. Without a veil, superstition is a deformed thing ; for, as it addeth deformity to an ape to be like a man, so the similitude of superstition to religion maketh it the more deformed." But to our...
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A Treatise on the Conduct of the Understanding

John Locke - Intellect - 1849 - 372 pages
...calamities and disasters. Superstition, without a veil, is a deformed thing ; for, as it addeth defonnity to an ape to be so like a man, so the similitude of...corrupteth to little worms, so good forms' and orders cornipt into a number of petty observances. There is a superstition in avoiding superstition, when...
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Works, Volume 1

Francis Bacon - 1850 - 892 pages
...joined with calamities and disasters. Superstition without a veil is a deformed thing: for as it addclh deformity to an ape to be so like a man; so the similitude...the superstition formerly received: therefore care would be had, that, as it farclh in ill purgings, the good be not taken nwny with the bnd. 274 2/5...
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The Works of Francis Bacon, Lord Chancellor of England, Volume 1

Francis Bacon - Biography - 1850 - 590 pages
...lastly, barbarous times, especially joined with calamities and disasters. Superstition, without a veil, is a deformed thing ; for as it addeth deformity to...wholesome meat corrupteth to little worms, so good forms ar С orders corrupt into a number of petty observances. There is a superstition in avoiding superstition,...
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