 ... 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
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...value of philosophy for affairs of state, as well as Bacon's belief that knowledge is best used "as a rich storehouse for the glory of the Creator and the relief of man's estate," have been utilized on the premise that the educational institution trains individuals... | |
 | B. H. G. Wormald - History - 1993 - 436 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.27 Sloth, vain-glory, envy, pride, greed - it is failings like these which Bacon describes... | |
 | Markku Peltonen - Biography & Autobiography - 1996 - 406 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. (Ill, 294) Contemplation and action, knowing and intervening must be conjoined more than... | |
 | Joyce Oldham Appleby - Knowledge, Sociology of - 1996 - 578 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 — But as both heaven and earth do conspire and contribute to the use and benefit of... | |
 | Lamin O. Sanneh - Religion - 1996 - 100 pages
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