 | 1847 - 720 דפים
...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 with it ; nor can we... | |
 | 206 דפים
...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,...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 constantly exercised,... | |
 | Samuel Kirkham - 1842 - 386 דפים
...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 - 1843 - 352 דפים
...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...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 it maketh a quick... | |
 | 1844 - 1128 דפים
...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,...called away never so little, he must begin again." The noble and learned lord (to use a Parliamentary phrase) might have written at greater length respecting... | |
 | Basil Montagu, Hannah Mary Rathbone - 1845 - 396 דפים
...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 - 1847 - 334 דפים
...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... | |
 | 1847 - 346 דפים
...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 - 1847 - 334 דפים
...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,... | |
 | John Doyle (bookseller, New York.) - 1848 - 248 דפים
...(£*cl)ange, Assurance, ao& tDork0 on Hare, €nrton0, anir QDut of llje tUati Subjects. " If »man's wits be wandering, let him study the Mathematics; for in demonstrations if his wit be called away never to little, he must begin again." * Mathematics is a ballast for the soul, to fix it, not to stall it,... | |
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... is good for the stone and reins, shooting for the lungs and breast, gentle walking for the stomach, riding for the head and the like ; .so if a man's wit be wandering, let him study the mathematics ; for in demonstrations, if his wit bo called away... 
