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" Studies serve for delight, for ornament, and for ability. Their chief use for delight, is in privateness and retiring; for ornament, is in discourse; and for ability, is in the judgment and disposition of business... "
The American Journal of Education - Page 10
1857
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The Philosophy of Rhetoric, Volume 1

George Campbell - English language - 1801 - 462 pages
...produce new varieties, and even to make improvements on the species. " Expert men," says Lord Bacon, " can execute and " judge of particulars, one by one ; but the general " counsels, and the plots and marshalling of affairs, " come best from those that are learned." INDEED, in almost every art, even...
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The Speaker Or Miscellaneous Pieces Selected from the Best English Writers ...

William Enfield - 1804 - 418 pages
...ability , is in the judgment and ilisposition of business. For expert men can execute , and perhaps judge of particulars one by one ; but the general counsels , and the plots , and marshalling of affairs , come best from those that are learned. To spend too much time in studies is...
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A Manual of Essays: Selected from Various Authors

Manual - Essays - 1809 - 288 pages
...for ability, is in the judgment and disposition of business : for expert men can execute, and perhaps judge of particulars one by one ; but the general counsels, and the plots and marshalling of affairs come best from those that are learned. To spend too much time in studies is...
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The American Orator, Or, Elegant Extracts in Prose and Poetry: Comprehending ...

Increase Cooke - American literature - 1811 - 428 pages
...for ability is in the judgment and disposition of business. For expert men can execute, and perhaps judge of particulars one by one ; but the general counsels, and the plots, and marshalling of affairs, come best from those that are learned. To spend toe much time in studies is...
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Essays, Moral, Economical, and Political

Francis Bacon - English essays - 1812 - 348 pages
...for ability, is in the judgment and disposition of business ; for expert men can execute, and perhaps judge of particulars, one by one: but the general counsels, and the plots and marshalling of affairs come best from those that are learned. To spend too much time in studies, is...
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Elements of the Philosophy of the Human Mind

Dugald Stewart - Psychology - 1813 - 520 pages
...fpeculation muft be combined together to prepare us for the latter. " Ex" pert men," fays Lord Bacon, " can execute and " judge of particulars one by one ; but the general " counfels, and the plots, and the marfhalling of af" fairs, come beft from thofe that are learned."...
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Elements of the Philosophy of the Human Mind, Volume 1

Dugald Stewart - Psychology - 1814 - 528 pages
...speculation must be combined together to prepare us for the latter. " Expert men," says Lord Bacon, " can execute and judge of particulars one by one ; " but the general counsels, and the plots, and the marshal" ling of affairs, come best from those that are learned." SECTION VIII. Continuation of the...
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A Treatise of Mechanics, Theoretical, Practical, and Descriptive, Volume 2

Olinthus Gregory - Mechanical engineering - 1815 - 632 pages
...speculation must be combined together to " prepare us for the latter." • Expert men,' says Lord Bacon, ' can execute and judge of particulars, one by one ;...but the general ' counsels, and the plots, and the marshalling of affairs, come best 1 from those that are learned.' Admitting the truth of these observations...
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The Works of Francis Bacon, Volume 1

Francis Bacon - 1815 - 310 pages
...for ability, is in the judgment and disposition of business : for expert men can execute, and perhaps judge of particulars, one by one : but the general counsels-, and the plots and marshalling of affairs come best from those that are learned. To spend too much time in studies, is...
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Asiatic Journal and Monthly Register for British India and Its ..., Volume 3

Asia - 1817 - 678 pages
...open to VouIĻI. 3N 450 critical remarks. " Expert men," says Lord Bacon, " can execute, and perhaps judge of particulars one by one, but the general counsels, and the plots and marshalling of affairs, come best from those that are learned." We are informed by the author of i...
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