 ... 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
 | James Pycroft - Classical education - 1843 - 256 pages
...raise itself upon ; or a Fort or commanding Ground for Strife and Contention ; or a Shop for Profit or Sale ; but a rich Storehouse for the Glory of the Creator and the relief of man's Estate^." Many things concealed from the wise and prudent, I shall be reminded, are revealed... | |
 | Edward Forbes - Botany - 1843 - 32 pages
...raise itself upon ; or a fort or commanding ground for strife and contention ; or a shop for profit or sale ; — but a rich storehouse for the glory of the Creator and the relief of man's estate." IHE END. Printed by Richard and John E. Taylor, Bed Lion Court, Fleet Street. V ... | |
 | Ireland - 1843 - 450 pages
...or a fort or commanding ground, for strife and contention ; or a shop, for profit and sain ; and not a rich storehouse for the glory of the Creator and the relief of man's estate. — /.-.../ Bacon. BELIEF To believe without examination, is no belief in reality, but... | |
 | Henry Brougham Baron Brougham and Vaux - Education, Higher - 1843 - 342 pages
...; or a fort or commanding ground for strife and contention ; or a shop for profit or sale, and not a rich storehouse for the glory of the Creator and the relief of man's estate." Such, then, is the use of knowledge. It constitutes a rich storehouse, whence we should... | |
 | Theology - 1851 - 620 pages
...raise Itself upon; or a fort or commanding ground for strife and contention ; or a shop for profit or sale; but a rich storehouse for the glory of the Creator, and the relief of man's estate. — Lord Bacon. THE THRONE OF GRACE. If yon are a Christian, the throne of grace is yours.... | |
 | Theology - 1871 - 870 pages
...or a fort or commanding ground for strife and contention ; or a shop for profit and sale ; and not a rich storehouse, for the glory of the Creator, and the relief of man's estate." J This error of learning was not peculiar to the age of Bacon. No one who watches the... | |
 | Periodicals - 1844 - 276 pages
...or a fort, or commanding ground, for strife, or contention ; or a shop, for profit or sale ; and not a rich storehouse for the glory of the Creator, and the relief of man's estate. But this is that which will indeed dignify and exalt knowledge, if contemplation and... | |
 | Robert Sears - Encyclopedias and dictionaries - 1844 - 514 pages
...or a fort or commanding ground, for strife and contentioni or a shop, for profit and sale ; and not a rich storehouse for the glory of the CREATOR, and the relief of man's estate." — Bacon. NEW YORK : PUBLISHED BY SEARS & ч W AL K ER, 114 FULTON STREET. BOSTON:... | |
 | 1845 - 718 pages
...itself upon — or a fort or commanding ground for strife and ' contention — or a shop for profit or sale — but a rich storehouse ' for the glory of the Creator and the relief of man's estate.'* * Lord Bacon. — Connected with this part of the article, we earnestly recommend to... | |
 | Caroline Frances Cornwallis - Common fallacies - 1845 - 144 pages
...Upon; or a fort or commanding ground for strife and contention; or a shop for profit or sale; and not a rich storehouse for the glory of the Creator, and the relief of man's estate."—In brief, learning is sought as the means to an end,—and that end is too usually... | |
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