 | 1847 - Страниц: 624
...him in his new occupation.* He should remember the words of Bacon, whose life he has written,— " That the inquiry of truth, which is the love-making,...enjoying of it; is the sovereign good of human nature." To which I will add, in the words of Dr. Esdaile,— " That this highest gratification of humanity... | |
 | 1880 - Страниц: 492
...faithfulness" — the word is truth in the Septuagint — " the girdle of His reins." Lord Bacon says that " the inquiry of Truth, which is the love-making...enjoying of it, is the sovereign good of human nature." How few of us even when we do not speak lies are true in act and to ourselves ! Is not this the case... | |
 | James Esdaile - 1847 - Страниц: 290
...that they will be richly rewarded. To encourage them, I would remind them in the words of Bacon, " that the inquiry of truth, which is the love-making...enjoying of it ; is the sovereign good of human nature ;" and that this highest gratification of humanity can only be attained by carefully training and exercising... | |
 | Emma Newton - 1847 - Страниц: 230
...itself is its own witness ;' and ' The enquiry of truth which is the love-making or wooing of it, and the knowledge of truth, which is the presence of it,...enjoying of it, is the sovereign good of human nature.' For myself, I see so much of holiness and beauty, in the religion of the New Testament, that did I... | |
 | George Jabet - 1848 - Страниц: 284
...Neither does he differ at all from the philosopher of the Academy in his appreciation of pure truth. " Truth, which only doth judge itself, teacheth that...of it ; is the sovereign good of human nature. The poet saith excellently well : ' It is a pleasure to stand upon the shore, and to see ships tossed upon... | |
 | John Locke - 1849 - Страниц: 372
...in it, that doth the hurt, such as we spake of before. But howsoever these things are thus in men's depraved judgments and affections, yet truth, which...the enjoying of it ; is the sovereign good of human uature. The first creature of God, in the works of the days, was the light of the sense ; the last... | |
 | 1850 - Страниц: 656
...promise that they will be richly rewarded. To encourage them, I would remind them, in the words of Bacon, "that the inquiry of truth, which is the love-making...enjoying of it ; is the sovereign good of human nature ;" and that this highest gratification of humanity can only be attained by carefully training and exercising... | |
 | 1849 - Страниц: 736
...knowledge of truth, which is the presence <. î it, and the belief of truth, which is the enjoyment of it, is the sovereign good of human nature. The...of God, in the works of the days, was the light of sense ; the last was the light of reason ; and his Sabbath work ever since, is the illumination of... | |
 | Francis Bacon - 1850 - Страниц: 892
...we spake of before. But howsoever these things are thus in men's depraved judgments anil a/TrclioiM, f inquisition, light of reason; nnd his sabbath work ever since is the illumination of his Spirit. First he breathed... | |
 | 1850 - Страниц: 544
...earnest men who honour our " NOTES AND QUERIES" with their correspondence, hold with Bacon, that " Truth, which only doth judge itself, teacheth that...of it — is the sovereign good of human nature." We believe that it is under the impulse of such feelings that they have flocked to our columns —... | |
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But howsoever these things are thus in men's depraved judgments and affections, yet truth, which only doth judge itself, teacheth that the inquiry of truth, which is the love-making or wooing of it, the knowledge of truth, which is the presence of it,... 
