| Society for the Diffusion of Useful Knowledge (Great Britain) - 1833 - 584 páginas
...always thinking unto them ;" and at another time he thus expressed his method of proceeding. " I keep the subject constantly before me, and wait till the first dawnings open slowly by little and little into a full and clear light." Again, in a letter to Dr. Bentley, he says,... | |
| Lives - 1833 - 588 páginas
...always thinking unto them ;" and at another time he thus expressed his method of proceeding. " I keep the subject constantly before me, and wait till the first dawnings open slowly by little and little into a full and alear light." Again, in a letter to Dr. Bentley, he says,... | |
| Englishmen - 1836 - 256 páginas
...thought rather than any extraordinary sagacity he was endowed with above other men." " I keep, said he, " the subject constantly before me, and wait till the first dawnings open slowly by little and little, into a full and clear light." An ordinary man, however, has no conception... | |
| Julius Charles Hare - 1840 - 412 páginas
...of thought, rather than any extraordinary sagacity which he was endowed with above other men. I keep the subject constantly before me, and wait till the...by little and little, into a full and clear light" (AP). It would be easy to pursue this subject, and to accumulate instances in proof that even in science... | |
| 1842 - 452 páginas
...discoveries ; the answers given on these occasions were similar : at one time, he replied, " I keep the subject constantly before me, and wait till the first dawnings open slowly, little by little, into a full and clear light" But the difficulty is to command the attention... | |
| George Godfrey Cunningham - 1853 - 506 páginas
...thought rather than any extraordinary sagacity he was endowed with above other men." " I keep, said he, " the subject constantly before me, and wait till the first dawnings open slowly by little and little, into a full and clear light." An ordinary man, however, has no conception... | |
| 1872 - 806 páginas
...his eyes and his mind on a single object ; and Newton is said to have said, as you remember, " I keep the subject constantly before me, and wait till the first dawnings open slowly by little and little into a full and clear light." These are different, but certainly very wonderful,... | |
| Julius Charles Hare - 1858 - 542 páginas
...of thought, rather than any extraordinary sagacity which he was endowed with above other men. I keep the subject constantly before me, and wait till the...by little and little, into a full and clear light." It would be easy to pursue this subject, and to accumulate instances in proof that even in science... | |
| W. M. Wilkinson - 1858 - 204 páginas
...Newton said, " That to his patience he owed everything, more than to any extraordinary sagacity. I keep the subject constantly before me, and wait till the first dawnings open slowly by little and little into a full and clear light." An exact description of the mode of influx... | |
| W. M. Wilkinson - 1858 - 206 páginas
...Newton said, " That to his patience he owed everything, more than to any extraordinary sagacity. I keep the subject constantly before me, and wait till the first dawnings open slowly by little and little into a full and clear light." An exact description of the mode of influx... | |
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