 Truth is the cry of all, but the game of a few. Certainly, where it is the chief passion, it doth not give way to vulgar cares and views ; nor is it contented with a little ardour in the early time of life ; active, perhaps, to pursue, but not so fit...  History of the Revolution in England in 1688 - Pàgina 150per Sir James Mackintosh - 1834 - 403 pàginesVisualització completa - Sobre aquest llibre
 | George Berkeley - 1901 - 634 pàgines
...contented with a little ardour in the early time of life : a time perhaps to pursue, but not so fit to weigh and revise. He that would make a real progress in knowledge must dedicate his age as well as his youth, the later growth as well as the first-fruits, at the altar of Truth.' Such was Berkeley,... | |
 | Robert Adamson - 1903 - 388 pàgines
...contented with a little ardour in the early time of life ; active, perhaps, to pursue, but not so fit to weigh and revise. He that would make a real progress...age as well as youth, the later growth as well as the first fruits, at the altar of Truth." II. GIORDANO BRUNO.1 GIORDANO BRUNO, " a man of impure and... | |
 | Laurie Magnus, Cecil Headlam - 1903 - 390 pàgines
...this my gain increaseth more and more, And far from those I love is sorrow's bitter stour. OCTOBER 7. "He that would make a real progress in knowledge must dedicate his age as well as youth, the latter growth as well as the first fruits, at the altar of Truth. "—BERKELEY. THE ABOVE IMITATED.... | |
 | William Turner - 1903 - 692 pàgines
...to what is higher, the mind may reach a knowledge of the Highest Being. This is a lifelong task. " He that would make a real progress in knowledge must dedicate his age as well as his youth, the later growth as well as first fruits, at the altar of Truth." Historical Position. It... | |
 | Alexander Campbell Fraser - 1904 - 398 pàgines
...it content with a little ardour in the early time of life ; active perhaps to pursue, but not so fit to weigh and revise. He that would make a real progress...age as well as youth, the later growth as well as first-fruits, at the altar of truth."— BEBKBLEY in 'Siris.' ' ' A man's religion, if it is genuine,... | |
 | William Salter - 1904 - 196 pàgines
...vulgar cares, nor is it contented with a little ardor in the early time of life. He that would make progress in knowledge must dedicate his age as well...growth as well as first fruits, at the altar of Truth. George Berkeley. DECEMBER 7. 0 you that name yourselves by that worthy name of Christians, consider... | |
 | William Alexander Cocke - 1908 - 536 pàgines
...discern that there is a sun, yet hath so evil eyes, that it cannot delight in the sun. — Sir P. Sidney. He that would make a real progress in knowledge, must...age as well as youth, the later growth as well as the first fruits, on the altar of truth. — Berkeley. To thine own self be true, and it must follow,... | |
 | 1908 - 624 pàgines
...injunction to the philosopher not to be content with " a little ardour in the early time of life," but to "dedicate his age as well as youth, the later growth as well as first fruits, at the altar of Truth". Intense intellectual curiosity is mentioned as the chief mark of the boy, and an old friend, writing... | |
 | Tryon Edwards - 1908 - 788 pàgines
...will be uppermost, one time or the other, like cork, though kept down in the water.— Sir W. Temple. s, reforming abuses, and demolishing superstitions. — But tbe constructive latter growth as well as the first fruits, on the altar of truth. — Berkeley. There are two things,... | |
 | 1873 - 1210 pàgines
...XII. — FIFTH SEBIES. 8 A ardour in tho early time of life ; active perhaps to pursue, but not so fit to weigh and revise. He that would make a real progress...as well as youth, the later growth as well as first mits, at the altar of Truth. Cujumit eat errare, nwMitw nisi iiwywnti* in errore peneverare. — Cio."... | |
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