 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
 | John Frost - 1838 - 400 sidor
...of successful re-action. '" His mind was great and powerful," says Jefferson," without being of the first order; his penetration strong, though not so acute as that of Newton, Bacon, or Locke; and, as far as he saw, no judgment was ever sounder. It was slow in operation,... | |
 | Society for the diffusion of useful knowledge - 1843 - 840 sidor
...character, and the leader of the party opposed to Washington's general policy. It is as follows : — ' 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... | |
 | Samuel Niles Sweet - 1843 - 324 sidor
...It requires rather a high key, and a classical and manly style. CHARACTER OF GEORGE WASHINGTON. 1. His mind was great and powerful, without being of...penetration strong, though not so acute as that of Newton, Bacon, or Locke ; and, as far as he saw, no judgment was ever sounder. It was slow in operation,... | |
 | John Frost - 1844 - 438 sidor
...of successful reaction. t '"His mind was great and powerful," says Jefferson, "without being of the first order; his penetration strong, though not so acute as that of Newton, Bacon, or Locke ; and, as far as he saw, no judgment was ever sounder. It was slow in operation,... | |
 | Samuel Niles Sweet - 1846 - 340 sidor
...sustain the supreme laws of the land. 126. CHARACTER OF GEORGE WASHINGTON. — Thomas Jefferson. 1. His mind was great and powerful, without being of...penetration strong, though not so acute as that of Newton, Bacon, or Locke : and, as far as he saw, no judgment was ever sounder. It was slow in operation,... | |
 | Samuel Niles Sweet - 1846 - 372 sidor
...sustain the supreme laws of the land. 126. CHARACTER or GEORGE WASHINGTON. — Thomas Jefferson. 1. His mind was great and powerful, without being of...order ; his penetration strong, though not so acute as lhat of Newton, Bacon, or Locke : and, as far as he saw, no judgment was ever sounder. It was slow... | |
 | Half hours - 1847 - 614 sidor
...a sketch of Napoleon Bonaparte, by an anonymous writer, published in 1891.] WASHINGTON. 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... | |
 | Thomas Jefferson - 1854 - 636 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... | |
 | Benjamin Hall Kennedy - 1855 - 446 sidor
...thing as motion, and that it was impossible to reach the goal. — Fitz- Stephen. 581. WASHINGTON. — His mind was great and powerful, without being of...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... | |
 | Evert Augustus Duyckinck - 1855 - 718 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 Яго-ig, though not so acute as thnt of a Newton, B;»,'on, or Locke; and as far as he saw, no judgment... | |
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