 | Christian education - 1847 - 720 pages
...are ours — instruments and results are with God ! WS I*' a man's wits be wandering let him study mathematics ; for, in demonstrations, if his wit be called away never so little, he must begin again. — Bacon. No man can have religion without mixing some prospect or advantage... | |
 | 206 pages
...respects, let him regulate his studies accordingly : for instance, as Bacon says in his Essay on Study, " if a man's wit be wandering, let him study the mathematics,...demonstrations, if his wit be called away, never so little, he must begin again, &c. so every defect of the mind may have a special receipt." The mind, by being... | |
 | Samuel Kirkham - Elocution - 1842 - 386 pages
...exercises'. Thus', bowling* is good for' a weakness in the back'; gunning', for* the lungs and breast'; walking', for' the stomach'; riding', for' the head', and the like'; so', if one's thoughts are wandering', let him ^tudy mathematicks' ; for'/ in demonstrating',' if his attention... | |
 | Alonzo Potter - Best books - 1843 - 352 pages
...Walter Scott, Southey, Coleridge, Dennie, Ames, Wirt, Channing.* 5. MATHEMATICAL AND PHYSICAL SCIENCE. " If a man's wit be wandering, let him study the mathematics...demonstrations, if his wit be called away never so little, he must begin again." — BACON. " As tennis is a game of no use in itself, but of great use in respect... | |
 | 1844 - 1128 pages
...GEOMETRY. BY ROBERT POTTS, TRIN. COLL., CAMBRIDGE. " IF a man's wit be wandering," says Lord Bacon, "let him study the mathematics ; for, in demonstrations, if his wit be called away never so little, he must begin again." The noble and learned lord (to use a Parliamentary phrase) might have written... | |
 | Samuel Warren - Law - 1845 - 1174 pages
...diseases of the body may have appropriate exercises ; bowling is good for the stone and reins, shootingt for the lungs and breast, gentle walking for the stomach,...demonstrations, if his wit be called away never so little, he must begin again ; if his wit be not apt to distinguish, or find differences, let him study the... | |
 | Basil Montagu, Hannah Mary Rathbone - English literature - 1845 - 396 pages
...but may be wrought out by fit studies. Like as diseases of the body may have appropriated exercises ; bowling is good for the stone and reins; shooting...; riding for the head and the like. So if a man's wits be wandering, let him study mathematics ; for in demonstrations, if his wit be called away never... | |
 | Davis Wasgatt Clark - Bible - 1847 - 334 pages
...body, may have appropriate exercises; bowling is good for the stone and reins; shooting for the longs and breast; gentle walking for the stomach ; riding...like ; so if a man's wit be wandering, let him study tlie mathematics, for in demonstrations, if his wit be railed away never 90 little, he must begin again... | |
 | Child rearing - 1847 - 346 pages
...Walter Scott, Southey, Coleridge, Dennie, Ames, Wilt, Channing.* 5. MATHEMATICAL AND PHYSICAL SCIENCE. " If a man's wit be wandering, let him study the mathematics...demonstrations, if his wit be called away never so liltle, he must begin again." — BACON. 11 As tennis is a game of no use in itself, but of great use... | |
 | Davis Wasgatt Clark - Bible - 1847 - 334 pages
...be wrought out by fit studies, and, like as diseases of the body, may have appropriate exercises ; bowling is good for the stone and reins ; shooting...and breast ; gentle walking for the stomach ; riding for*the head and the like ; BO if a man's wit be wandering, let him study the mathematics, for in demonstrations,... | |
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So if a man's wit be wandering, let him study the mathematics; for in demonstrations, if his wit be called away never so little, he must begin again. 
