 ... as if there were sought in knowledge a couch whereupon to rest a searching and restless spirit; or a terrace for a wandering and variable mind to walk up and down with a fair prospect; or a tower of state for a proud mind to raise itself upon; or...  Retrospective Review - Page 146edited by - 1821Full view - About this book
 | English literature - 1847 - 566 pages
...couch whereupon to rest a search' ing and restless spirit ; or a terras for a wandering and variab'e ' mind to walk up and down with a fair prospect ; or...for a proud mind to raise itself upon ; or a fort or com' manding ground for strife and contention ; or a shop for profit ' or sale ; — and not a rich... | |
 | Presbyterian Church of England - 1857
...itself upon ; nor a commanding for strife and contention ; nor yet a shop for profit and sale ; but a rich storehouse for the glory of the Creator, and the relief of man's estate. — BACON. The present state of the Jews is a greal proof of Christianity. It is a surprising thing,... | |
 | National Sunday school union - 1849 - 346 pages
...ENOWLEDGE. Knowledge is not a couch whereupon to rest a searching and restless spirit; or a terrace for a wandering and variable mind to walk up and down with...strife and contention; or a shop for profit or sale; but a rich store-house for the glory of the Creator, and the relief of man's estate. — Lord Bacon.... | |
 | Hendrik De Man - Political Science - 524 pages
...psychological root of the socialism of intellectuals. CHAPTER EIGHT THE SOCIALISM OF INTELLECTUALS . for the glory of the Creator and the relief of man's estate. FRANCIS BACON I AM well aware that when I now go on to speak of the socialism of intellectuals (after... | |
 | Leonard R. N. Ashley - England - 1988 - 330 pages
...were sought in knowledge a couch whereupon to rest a searching and restless spirit; or a terrace for a wandering and variable mind to walk up and down with...glory of the Creator and the relief of man's estate. But this is that which will indeed dignify and exalt knowledge, if contemplation and action may be... | |
 | Edward LeRoy Long Jr. - Religion - 1992 - 250 pages
...value of philosophy for affairs of state, as well as Bacon's belief that knowledge is best used "as a rich storehouse for the glory of the Creator and the relief of man's estate," have been utilized on the premise that the educational institution trains individuals who assume, usually... | |
 | B. H. G. Wormald - History - 1993 - 436 pages
...sought in knowledge a couch, whereupon to rest a searching and restless spirit ; or a terrace, for a wandering and variable mind to walk up and down with...for the glory of the creator and the relief of man's estate.27 Sloth, vain-glory, envy, pride, greed it is failings like these which Bacon describes here.... | |
 | B. H. G. Wormald - History - 1993 - 436 pages
...observed...' What is sought is not self-importance and self-flattery for the human race, but, instead, a rich storehouse for the glory of the creator and the relief of man's estate. Cultivation of knowledge, religious, moral, civil, natural, is a religious and moral exercise. ' All... | |
 | George V. Tudhope - 1993 - 40 pages
...evidence favors Francis Bacon as being the father and head of it. Note the words around his portrait: FOR THE GLORY OF THE CREATOR AND THE RELIEF OF MAN'S ESTATE, is quite Masonic. Plate III is another emblematic device which not only connects; Francis Bacon with... | |
 | Daniel N. Robinson - Psychology - 1995 - 390 pages
...seldom sincerely to give a true account of their gift of reason, to the benefit and use of men ... for the glory of the Creator and the relief of man's estate. But this is that which will indeed dignify and exalt knowledge, if contemplation and action may be... | |
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