 | Francis Bacon, Basil Montagu - 1834 - 458 דפים
...little credit with him, when he thus began one of his essays, ' I had rather believe all the rabies in the Legend, and the Talmud, and the Alcoran, than that this universal frame is without a mind.' " I have a copy of this edition. A Letter of the Lord Bacon's, in French, to the Marquess Fiat, relating... | |
 | William Gannaway Brownlow - 1834 - 312 דפים
...digest them, need not dread to encounter iron, adamant fish-hooks, and glassbottles! I could sooner believe all the fables in the legend, and the Talmud, and the Koran, than that the doctrine of Calvinism has any foundation in truth. I will here add the views of... | |
 | Thomas Martin - 1835 - 392 דפים
...moves round its own axis ; * and even Bacon himself — he who had nobly and eloquently said, that ' / had rather believe all the fables in the Legend, and...than that this universal frame is without a mind,'-\- — escaped not the bigoted attacks of the school-divines, who attempted to cry down his philosophical... | |
 | Robert Walsh - 1836 - 522 דפים
...doubted, or to have satisfied themselves early. " I had rather believe all the fables in the legend, in the Talmud and the Alcoran, than that this universal frame is without a mind." And the mind that dictated these words is sufficient in itself to establish the belief in a God. Its own... | |
 | 1837 - 790 דפים
...might the great philosopher of a past age have exclaimed, in view of these luminous facts : " I would rather believe all the fables in the Legend, and the Talmud, and the Alkoran, than that this universal frame is without a mind." We are all occasionally liable in our career... | |
 | Andrew Steinmetz - 1838 - 360 דפים
...does not finish for me with life; all shall be restored to order after death.—JJ Rousseau. 1124. I had rather believe all the fables in the Legend,...is without a mind. And therefore God never wrought a miracle to convince Atheism, because his ordinary works convince it. It is true, that a little philosophy... | |
 | Francis Bacon - 1838 - 894 דפים
...see them, except they be very great. 21. Without good-nature, man is but a better kind of vermin. 22. God never wrought miracle to convince atheism, because his ordinary works convince it 23. The great atheists indeed are hypocrites, who are always handling holy things, but without feeling;... | |
 | London city mission - 1840 - 620 דפים
...from all the dotage which had reigned in the schools of learning for nearly 2,000 years, declared: " I had rather believe all the fables in the Legend,...than that this universal frame is without a mind. It is true that a little philosophy inclineth man's mind to Atheism; but depth in philosophy bringeth... | |
 | Origen Bacheler, Robert Dale Owen - 1840 - 386 דפים
...than those of the Christian religion. " I had rather," says he, "believe all the fables in the Legend, the Talmud, and the Alcoran, than that this universal frame is without a mind. God never wrought a miracle to convert an atheist, because his ordinary works confute him. A thorough... | |
 | Francis Bacon - 1841 - 612 דפים
...conclusions upon the real and settled faith of Lord Bacon. Bacon perhaps was sincere, when he said, .A. Godey But to many parts of the paradoxes we may apply his remark upon the fool, who said in his heart, but... | |
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I HAD rather believe all the fables in the Legend, and the Talmud, and the Alcoran, than that this universal frame is without a mind. 
