 His mind was great and powerful, without being of the very first order; his penetration strong, though not so acute as that of a Newton, Bacon, or Locke; and as far as he saw, no judgment was ever sounder. It was slow in operation, being little aided...  Genes, Brains, and Politics: Self-Selection and Social Lifeefter Elliott White - 1993 - 193 sidorIngen förhandsgranskning - Om den här boken
 | Evert Augustus Duyckinck, George Long Duyckinck - 1855 - 294 sidor
...thoroughly ; and were I called on to delineate hi* character, it should be in tenus like these: — His mind was great and powerful, without being of the very first order; his penetratiou stro ig, though not so acute as that of a Newton, Unco», or Locke; and ns far as he saw,... | |
 | Evert Augustus Duyckinck, George Long Duyckinck - 1856 - 704 sidor
...thoroughly ; and were I called on to delineate his character, it should be in terms like these: — His mind was great and powerful, without being of the very first order; his penetration rtro ig, though not so acute as thnt of a Newton, Bacon, or Locke; and as far as he saw, no judgment... | |
 | Henry Stephens Randall - 1858 - 916 sidor
...and thoroughly ; and were I called on to delineate his character, it should be in terms like these. His mind was great and powerful, without being of...not so acute as that of a Newton, Bacon, or Locke ; and as far as he saw, no judgment was ever sounder. It was slow in operation, being little aided... | |
 | Henry Stephens Randall - 1858 - 766 sidor
...and thoroughly ; and were I called on to delineate his character, it should be in terms like these. His mind was great and powerful, without being of...not so acute as that of a Newton, Bacon, or Locke ; ana as far as he saw, no judgment was ever sounder. It was slow in operation, being little aided... | |
 | Henry Stephens Randall - 1858 - 758 sidor
...delineate his character, it should be in terms like these. Ilis mind was great and powerful, without bekig of the very first order ; his penetration strong, though not so acute as that of a Kcwton, Bacon, or Locke ; ano as far as he saw, no judgment was ever sounder. It was slow in operation,... | |
 | Thomas Jefferson - 1859 - 636 sidor
...character, it should be in terms like these. His mind was great and powerful, without being of the verj first order ; his penetration strong, though not so acute as that of a Newton, Bacon, or Locke ; and as far as he saw, no judgment was ever sounder. It was slow in operation, being little aided... | |
 | George Washington Parke Custis - 1860 - 756 sidor
...and thoroughly; and were I called on to delineate his character, it should be in terms like these. " His mind was great and powerful, without being of...not so acute as that of a Newton, Bacon, or Locke; and as far as he saw, no judgment was ever sounder. It was slow in operation, being little aided by... | |
 | Allen Hayden Weld - 1860 - 136 sidor
...thoroughly; and, were I called on to delineate his character, it should be in terms like these:— His mind was great and powerful, without being of...not so acute as that of a Newton, Bacon, or Locke; and, as far as he saw, no judgment was ever sounder. It was slow in operation, being little aided by... | |
 | George Washington Parke Custis - 1860 - 670 sidor
...delineate his charaeter, it should be in terms like these. " His mind was great and powerful, without bcing of the very first order ; his penetration strong,...not so acute as that of a Newton, Bacon, or Locke ; and as far as he saw, no judgment was ever sounder. It was slow in operation, bcing little aided... | |
 | Alexander Charles Ewald - 1868 - 640 sidor
...estimates of the character and intellect of Washington is that of President Jefferson, who says, " His mind was great and powerful, without being of...not so acute as that of a Newton, Bacon, or Locke; and, as far as he saw, no judgment was ever sounder. Hence the common remark of his officers of the... | |
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