... whereupon to rest a searching and restless spirit ; or a terrace for a wandering and variable mind to walk up and down with a fair prospect ; or a tower of state for a proud mind to raise itself upon; or a fort or commanding ground for strife and... Littell's Living Age - Page 3031851Full view - About this book
| New Thought - 1953 - 1224 pages
...there were sought in knowledge a couch where-upon to rest a searching and restless spirit * * * and not a rich storehouse for the glory of the Creator and the relief of man's estate. — Sir Francis Bacon, in "The Advancement of Learning." BE AN AMBASSADOR OF Good Will... | |
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