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... judge Bacon by the standards of our time . The habit of receiving presents from litigants was by no means uncommon , even while suits were pending , and Bacon himself , while making full confession , maintained that he had never ...
... judge Bacon by the standards of our time . The habit of receiving presents from litigants was by no means uncommon , even while suits were pending , and Bacon himself , while making full confession , maintained that he had never ...
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... judge of them in greater matters by what they find them in small . " But this consequence often deceives ; for we may here justly apply the saying of Themistocles , who being asked to touch a lute , replied , " He could not fiddle , but ...
... judge of them in greater matters by what they find them in small . " But this consequence often deceives ; for we may here justly apply the saying of Themistocles , who being asked to touch a lute , replied , " He could not fiddle , but ...
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... judge for himself ; for learners owe to their masters only a temporary belief , and a suspension of their own judgment till they are fully instructed , and not an absolute resignation or perpetual captivity . Let great authors ...
... judge for himself ; for learners owe to their masters only a temporary belief , and a suspension of their own judgment till they are fully instructed , and not an absolute resignation or perpetual captivity . Let great authors ...
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... judge if they do not inclose the very kernel of one of the greatest questions in moral philosophy , viz . , whether the enjoyment or the contempt of earthly things leads to the greatest happiness ; for , upon seeing Diogenes contented ...
... judge if they do not inclose the very kernel of one of the greatest questions in moral philosophy , viz . , whether the enjoyment or the contempt of earthly things leads to the greatest happiness ; for , upon seeing Diogenes contented ...
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... judge well who assert that learning should be referred to action , yet by reposing too confi- dently in this opinion , they are apt to fall into the error of the ancient fable , which represented the members of the body at war with the ...
... judge well who assert that learning should be referred to action , yet by reposing too confi- dently in this opinion , they are apt to fall into the error of the ancient fable , which represented the members of the body at war with the ...
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