 But power to do good is the true and lawful end of aspiring. For good thoughts (though God accept them) yet towards men are little better than good dreams, except they be put in act; and that cannot be without power and place, as the vantage and commanding...  Essays and Selections - Page 259by Basil Montagu - 1837 - 356 pagesFull view - About this book
 | Francis Bacon - Conduct of life - 1868 - 786 pages
...quotations from it. It consists of letters professed to be addressed to a recentlyappointed Bishop. ' Power to do good is the true and lawful end of aspiring.'' 'Two classes of men occupy high station; those whose time has been spent in thinking how it could be... | |
 | Henry Lewis (M.A.) - 1869 - 196 pages
...the latter is a curse ; for in evil the best condition is not to will ; the second, not to can ; but power to do good is the true and lawful end of aspiring....better than good dreams, except they be put in act." — Bacon, "Essay of Great Place." 7. " By this time the equipage of the strolling company was arrived... | |
 | 1869 - 642 pages
...particular paragraph in each which apparently engrossed her more than the rest. The first ran thus : ' Power to do good is the true and lawful end of aspiring ; for good thoughts (though God accepts them) yet towards men are little better than good dreams, except they be put in act ; and that... | |
 | Augustus Maverick - Journalism - 1870 - 550 pages
...the human race requires. " Power to do good," says Lord Bacon, " is the true and lawful end of all aspiring. For good thoughts (though God accept them),...better than good dreams, except they be put in act. And men must know, that in this theatre of man's life it is reserved only for God and angels to be lookers-on."... | |
 | Francis Bacon - English essays - 1871 - 642 pages
...God accept them,) yet towards men. are little better then good Dreames; Except they be put in A61; And that cannot be without Power, and Place ; As the Vantage, and Commanding Ground. Merit, and good Work?, is the End of Mans Motion; And Confcience of the fame, is the Accomplifhment of Mans Reft. For... | |
 | Francis Bacon - English essays - 1871 - 678 pages
...(though. God accept them) yet towards men are little better then good dreams': except they be put in Art ; and that cannot be without power and place; as the vantage and commanding ground. Merit is the ende of mans motion ; and confcience of merit is the accomplifhment of mans reft. For if a man... | |
 | English prose literature - 1872 - 556 pages
...are the first that find their own griefs ; though they be the last that find their own faults. But power to do good is the true and lawful end of aspiring....vantage and commanding ground. Merit and good works is the end of man's motion'; and conscience of the same is the accomplishment of man's rest. Neglect... | |
 | 1881 - 314 pages
...shows " — what ? — " that his mind is planted above injuries " ; or, again, that " good thoughts are little better than good dreams except they be put in act " ; or even that a man " should be sure to leave other men their turns to speak." " Here be truths,"... | |
 | Literature - 1909 - 378 pages
...whereof the latter is a curse: for in evil the best condition is not to will; the second, not to can. But power to do good is the true and lawful end of aspiring....vantage and commanding ground. Merit and good works is the end of man's motion; and conscience of the same is the accomplishment of man's rest. For if... | |
 | William Blake - Literary Collections - 1966 - 964 pages
...say that the Envy was upon a King, but is This Envy or Indignation ? Page 44. Of Great -P.lace. But power to do good is the true and lawful end of aspiring;...thoughts (though God accept them), yet towards men arc little better than good dreams, except they be put in act. Thought is Act. Christ's Acts were Nothing... | |
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