 | Henry Spackman Pancoast - 1893 - 546 sidor
...aspirations. He declared, in a letter to Lord Burleigh, written at the outset of his career, " I confess that I have as vast contemplative ends, as I have moderate civil ends ; for I have taken all knowledge to be my province." He early resolved that he would strive to benefit... | |
 | Sir Henry Craik - 1894 - 624 sidor
...either prodigal or slothful, yet my health is not to spend, nor my course to get. Lastly, I confess that I have as vast contemplative ends, as I have moderate civil ends : for I have taken all knowledge to be my province ; and if I could purge it of two sorts of rovers,... | |
 | Sir Henry Craik - 1894 - 638 sidor
...either prodigal or slothful,, yet my health is not to spend, nor my course to get. Lastly, I confess that I have as vast contemplative ends, as I have moderate civil ends : for I have taken all knowledge to be my province ; and if I could purge it of two sorts of rovers,... | |
 | Francis Bacon - 1895 - 600 sidor
...prodigal, or sloathfull, yet •my Health is not to spend, nor my Course to pet. Lastly, I confesse, that I have as, vast Contemplative Ends, as I have moderate Civil Ends : For .1 have taken all Knowledge to be my Province; And if I could purge it, of two sort of Rovers,... | |
 | Theron Soliman Eugene Dixon - 1895 - 472 sidor
...in 1591 to his uncle Burghley, seeking his kindly aid towards his advancement : " Lastly, I confess that I have as vast contemplative ends, as I have moderate civil ends : for I have taken all knowledge to be my province ; and if I could purge it of two sorts of rovers,... | |
 | Edward Everett Hale (Jr.) - 1896 - 390 sidor
...Macaulay, " He says that had Bacon given to Literature the time that he gave to Law and Politics ' he would have been not only the Moses, but the Joshua of philosophy.'" Thai such expressions are a help toward Force seems plain; I take them to be also a help toward Simplicity.... | |
 | 1896 - 516 sidor
...of the work to the benefit of all, not sparing himself or regarding private advantage or profit. " I have as vast contemplative ends as I have moderate civil ends," he declared; "for I have taken all knowledge to be my province. This— whether it be curiosity or... | |
 | John Clark Ridpath - 1898 - 540 sidor
...either prodigal or slothful, yet my health is not to spend, nor my course to get. Lastly, I confess that I have as vast contemplative ends as I have moderate civil ends : for I have taken all knowledge to be my province ; and if I could purge it of two sorts of rovers... | |
 | Reuben Post Halleck - 1900 - 652 sidor
...appealed for some lucrative position at the court. In a letter to his uncle, Bacon says : " I confess I have as vast contemplative ends as I have moderate civil ends ; for I have taken all knowledge to be my province." This shows that he wished leisure for study and... | |
 | Francis Bacon - 1901 - 312 sidor
...bias was toward science and philosophy. Early in his career he wrote to Lord Burghley : " I confess that I have as vast contemplative ends, as I have moderate civil ends ; " and if the latter portion of this confession strikes us as being of doubtful accuracy, there is... | |
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I confess that I have as vast contemplative ends, as I have moderate civil ends : for I have taken all knowledge to be my province ; and if I could purge it of two sorts of rovers, whereof the one with frivolous disputations, confutations, and verbosities,... 
