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
| Samuel Eagle Forman - 1900 - 494 sidor
...intimately and thoroughly; and were I called 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 judgmerit was ever sounder. It was slow in operation, being little aided by... | |
| 1901 - 208 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. derived from councils of war, where, hearing... | |
| 1902 - 424 sidor
...and thoroughly, and were I called on to delineate his character, it should be in terms like these: 2. 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... | |
| William Torrey Harris, Andrew Jackson Rickoff, Mark Bailey - 1902 - 564 sidor
...dust"; — " everlasting to everlasting " (endless past to endless future). CXXI.— WASHINGTON 1. 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. 2. It was slow in operation, being little aided... | |
| 1902 - 494 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... | |
| Sarah E. Sprague - 1904 - 272 sidor
...do pray for mercy; And that same prayer doth teach us all to render The deeds of mercy. WASHINGTON. 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... | |
| Thomas Jefferson - 1905 - 334 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... | |
| Agnes Mawson - 1905 - 206 sidor
...responsibility and trust ; prepare yourself for a place, and God will prepare a place for you. EDWARD EVERETT. His mind was great and powerful without being of the...penetration strong, though not so acute as that of a Newton, a Bacon or a Locke ; and as far as he saw, no judgment was ever sounder. It was slow in operation,... | |
| 1906 - 334 sidor
...clovers toss In the summer wind, But Bessie has lost that chance forever! — Anon. 98 THOS. JEFFERSON. 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... | |
| Edwin Anderson Alderman, Joel Chandler Harris, Charles W. Kent - 1909 - 520 sidor
...Excellency's most obedient, and most humble servant. THOMAS JEFFERSON. ANALYSIS OF GEORGE WASHINGTON 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... | |
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