 ... the inquiry of truth, which is the love-making, or wooing of it; the knowledge of truth, which is the presence of it, and the belief of truth, which is the enjoying of it; is the sovereign good of human nature.  The British Prose Writers - Page 81821Full view - About this book
 | Francis Bacon (visct. St. Albans.) - 1851 - 228 pages
...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...enjoying of it; is the sovereign good of human nature. 2. The first creature of God, in the works of the days, was the light of the sense ; the last was the... | |
 | Maria Georgina Shirreff Grey, Emily Anne Eliza Shirreff - Self-culture - 1851 - 496 pages
...THE SEARCH AFTER TRUTH. SECT. I. VALUE OF TRUTH. " TRUTH," says Lord Bacon, " which only doth judge itself, teacheth, that the inquiry of truth which...presence of it, and the belief of truth which is the enjoyment of it, is the sovereign good of human nature." * This, then, is the end which the mind should... | |
 | Horae - 1851 - 414 pages
...diflatisfaction, emptinefs of fpirit, and a bitter curfe. — JEREMY TAYLOR. M Love of Truth. ? HE enquiry after TRUTH, which is the love-making or wooing of it, the knowledge of Truth, the preference of it ; and the belief of Truth, the enjoying of it, is the fovereign good of human... | |
 | Francis Bacon - 1852 - 580 pages
...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...days, was the light of the sense : the last was the liaht of reason ; and his Sabbath work ever since, is°the illumination of his Spirit. First, he breathed... | |
 | Francis Bacon - English essays - 1852 - 394 pages
...things are thus, in Men's depraved Judgements, and Affedtions; yet Truth, which only doth judge itfelf, teacheth, that the Inquiry of Truth, which is the...Wooing of it ; the Knowledge of Truth, which is the Prefence of it ; and the Belief of Truth, which is the enjoying of it ; is the Sovereign Good of human... | |
 | John Greenleaf Whittier - Literary Criticism - 1854 - 452 pages
...aspiration of manhood ; for it has been well said that the inquiry of truth, which is the lovemaking of it, the knowledge of truth, which is the presence...enjoying of it, is the sovereign good of human nature. MAGICIANS AND WITCH FOLK. "FASCINATION," saith Henry Cornelius Agrippa, in the fiftieth chapter of... | |
 | Christian literature for children - 1854 - 778 pages
...highest types of excellence. CMC (To be continued in our next.) THE THREE LIGHTS. THE first creation of God, in the works of the days, was the light of the sense (Gen. i. 3) ; the last was the light of reason (Gen. ii. 7.) ; and His Sabbath work, ever since, is... | |
 | James Henley Thornwell - Presbyterian Church - 1855 - 330 pages
...rest in Providence, unless it turn upon the poles of truth. u The inquiry of truth," says Bacon, u which is the love-making or wooing of it — the knowledge...of human nature. The first creature of God in the work of days was the light of sense; the last was the light of reason, and His Sabbath-work ever since... | |
 | Universalism - 1855 - 446 pages
...coincide with each other." Says Lord Bacon, " The inquiry of truth, which is the love-making or wooing it ; the knowledge of truth, which is the presence...which is the enjoying of it, is the sovereign good of our nature."8 Religious fidelity will also enlist a man against prominent social abuses, such as intemperance... | |
 | Julius Charles Hare - 1855 - 536 pages
...depraved judgements and affections, yet Truth, which only doth judge itself, teacheth, that the enquiry of Truth, which is the love-making or wooing of it,...the presence of it, and the belief of Truth, which G is the enjoying of it, is the soverein Good of human nature." But, says Mr Trower, " is Divine Truth... | |
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