 | John Stuart Mill - History - 1859 - 496 pages
...thereby to ' prevail with the busy mind of man to be more cautious in meddling with things exceeding its comprehension, to stop when it is at the utmost extent of its tether, and to sit down in a quiet ignorance of those things •which, upon examination, are found to be beyond the reach of our... | |
 | Hubert Ashton Holden - 1864 - 592 pages
...be of use to prevail with the busy mind of Man to be more cautious in meddling with things exceeding its comprehension : to stop when it is at the utmost extent of its tether; and to sit down in a quiet ignorance of those things which, upon examination, are found to be beyond the reach of our... | |
 | Sir William Hamilton - Deaf - 1866 - 1222 pages
...of use to prevail with the busy mind of man, to be more cautious in meddling with things exceeding its comprehension ; to stop, when it is at the utmost extent of its tether ; and to sit down in a quiet ignorance of those things, which, upon examination, are found to be beyond the reach of our... | |
 | Sir William Hamilton - Education - 1866 - 900 pages
...of use to prevail with the busy mind of man, to be more cautious in meddling with things exceeding its comprehension ; to stop, when it is at the utmost extent of its tether ; and to sit down in a quiet ignorance of those things, which, upon examination, are found to be beyond the reach of our... | |
 | Henry Allon - Christianity - 1847 - 598 pages
...exceed its comprehension, to stop when it is at the ut' most extent of its tether, and sit down in a quiet ignorance of ' those things which upon examination...found to be beyond ' the reach of our capacities.' That this modest and quiet wisdom should be little acceptable to French eclectics or German transcendentalists... | |
 | Encyclopedias and dictionaries - 1868 - 854 pages
...make the mind of man ' more cautious in meddling with things exceeding its comprehension, and disposed to stop when it is at the utmost extent of its tether.' This purpose led him to that thorough investigation of the constitution of the human mind, resulting... | |
 | Encyclopedias and dictionaries - 1868 - 858 pages
...make the mind of man ' more cautious in meddling with things exceeding its comprehension, and disposed to stop when it is at the utmost extent of its tether.' This purpose led him to that thorough investigation of the constitution of the human mind, resulting... | |
 | English authors - English literature - 1869 - 458 pages
...of use to prevail with the busy mind of man, to be more cautious in meddling with things exceeding its comprehension ; to stop when it is at the utmost extent of its tether; and to sit down in a quiet ignorance of those things which, upon examination, are found to be beyond the reach of our... | |
 | George Henry Lewes - Philosophy - 1871 - 798 pages
...use to prevail with the busy mind of man to be more cautious in meddling with the things exceeding its comprehension, to stop when it is at the utmost extent of its tether, and sit down in a quiet ignorance of those things which upon examination are found to be beyond the reach... | |
 | John Stuart Mill - History - 1873 - 456 pages
...stop when it is at the utmost extent of its tether, and to sit down in a quiet ignorance of tho.ie things, which, upon examination, are found to be beyond the reach of our capacities." And because a philosopher, having placed before himself an undertaking of this magnitude, and of this... | |
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I suppose it may be of use to prevail with the busy mind of man, to be more Cautious in meddling with things exceeding its comprehension ; to stop when it is at the Utmost extent of its tether ; and to sit down in a quiet ignorance of those things, which,... 
