 ... adverse to notions he may have previously formed for himself, or taken up, without examination, on the credit of others. Such an effort is, in fact, a commencement of that intellectual discipline which forms one of the most important ends of all science....  Outlines of Astronomy - Page 18by John Frederick William Herschel - 1849 - 620 pagesFull view - About this book
 | George Grote - 1859 - 530 pages
...of all science. It is the first movement of approach towards that state of mental purity which alono can fit us for a full and steady perception of moral...adaptation. It is the " euphrasy and rue," with which vie must purge our sight before we can receive, and contemplate as they are, the lineaments of truth... | |
 | George Grote - 1861 - 526 pages
...of all science. It is the first movement of approach towards that state of mental purity which alono can fit us for a full and steady perception of moral...as they are, the lineaments of truth and nature." (Sir Johu Hcrschel, Astronomy; Introduction.) I could easily multiply citations from other eminent... | |
 | George Grote - 1861 - 524 pages
...of that intellectual discipline which forms one of the most important ends of all science. It is the first movement of approach towards that state of mental...and rue," with which we, must purge our sight before tee can receive, and contemplate as they are, the lineaments of truth and nature." (Sir John Herschcl,... | |
 | George Grote - 1862 - 570 pages
...that intellectual discipline which forms one of the most important ends of all science. It is the Crat movement of approach towards that state of mental...sight, before we can receive, and contemplate as they arc, the lineaments of truth and nature." (Sir John Herschel, 'Astronomy ' — Introduction.) I could... | |
 | Nassau William Senior - 1865 - 374 pages
...formed or taken up on the credit of others. Such an effort is the first approach towards mental purity. It is the ' euphrasy and rue ' with which we must...and contemplate as they are the lineaments of truth. — Sir John Herschel's Astronomy ; Introduction. The source of these feelings is the opinion — first... | |
 | George Grote - 1869 - 518 pages
...of that intellectual discipline which forms one of the most important ends of all science. It is the first movement of approach towards that state of mental...purity which alone can fit us for a full and steady preception of moral beauty as well as physical adaptation. It is the 'euphrasy and rue,' with 11 hi... | |
 | 1871 - 612 pages
...of that intellectual discipline which forme one of the most important ends of all science. It is the first movement of approach towards that state of mental...adaptation. It is the ' euphrasy and rue ' with which wo must ' purge our sight ' before we can receive and contemplate as they are the lineaments of truth... | |
 | Anthony Trollope - 1871 - 608 pages
...of that intellectual discipline which forms one of the most important ends of all science. It is the first movement of approach towards that state of mental...full and steady perception of moral beauty as well aĞ· physical adaptation. It is the ' euphrasy and rue ' with which we must ' purge our sight ' before... | |
 | Richard Anthony Proctor - 1872 - 456 pages
...of that intellectual discipline which forms one of the most important ends of all science. It is the first movement of approach towards that state of mental...contemplate as they are the lineaments of truth and nature.' These just principles have been perhaps as clearly laid down by other men of science; but it may be'... | |
 | Richard Anthony Proctor - 1872 - 488 pages
...of that intellectual discipline which forms one of the most important ends of all science. It is the first movement of approach towards that state of mental...adaptation. It is the " euphrasy and rue " with which we most " purge our sight " before we can receive and contemplate as they are the lineaments of truth... | |
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