 | English literature - 1841 - 380 pages
...torn up by the roots, from the universal harmony and connexion of things, because he has neglected to direct his mental activity to the Great Whole....of his ideas. But even should they shiver it into ruins, — should a new series of ideas, a new aspect of nature, a newly-discovered law in the physical... | |
 | English literature - 1841 - 376 pages
...far different is the philosophical spirit ! Just as sedulously as the trader in knowledge severs his own peculiar science from all others, does the lover...of his ideas. But even should they shiver it into ruins, — should a new series of ideas, a new aspect of nature, a newly-discovered law in the physical... | |
 | Medicine - 1859 - 444 pages
...endangers the entire produce of the toil and trouble of his whole previous life." On the other hand, " new discoveries in the field of his activity, which...of his ideas. But even should they shiver it into ruins, — should a new series of ideas, a new aspect of Nature, a newlydiscovered law in the physical... | |
 | 1859 - 592 pages
...endangers the entire produce of the toil and trouble of his whole previous life." On the other hand, " new discoveries in the field of his activity, which...a chasm which the growth of his ideas had rendered шоге wide and unseemly, or they place the last stone, the only one wanting to the completion of... | |
 | Medicine - 1859 - 594 pages
...endangers the entire produce of the toil and trouble of his whole previous life." On the other hand, " new discoveries in the field of his activity, which depress the trader in science, eurapture the philosopher. Perhaps they fill a chasm which the growth of his ideas had rendered more... | |
 | Royal Institution of Great Britain - Science - 1869 - 636 pages
...philosopher, — ' New discoveries in the field of his activity which depress the one, enrapture the other. Perhaps they fill a chasm which the growth of his...of his ideas. But even should they shiver it into ruins, should a new series of ideas, a new aspect of nature, a newly-discovered law in the physical... | |
 | Henry Allon - English periodicals - 1874 - 764 pages
...discoveries in the field of his activity which depress the one enrapture the other. Perhaps they fill a chusm which the growth of his ideas had rendered more wide...of his ideas. But even should they shiver it into ruins, should a new series of ideas, a new aspect of nature, a newly discovered law in the physical... | |
 | Alexander Ireland - Books and reading - 1884 - 526 pages
...far different is the philosophical spirit ! Just as sedulously as the trader in knowledge severs his own peculiar science from all others, does the lover...the trader in science, enrapture the philosopher. . . . The philosophical mind passes on through new forms of thought, constantly heightening in beauty,... | |
 | Book-lover - 1884 - 530 pages
...far different is the philosophical spirit ! Just as sedulously as the trader in knowledge severs his own peculiar science from all others, does the lover...the trader in science, enrapture the philosopher. . . . The philosophical mind passes on through new forms of thought, constantly heightening in beauty,... | |
 | Books and reading - 1884 - 532 pages
...the territory of intellect, as in the world of matter, every thing is enlinked and commingled, arid his eager longing for universal harmony and agreement...the trader in science, enrapture the philosopher. . . . The philosophical mind passes on through new forms of thought, constantly heightening in beauty,... | |
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All his efforts are directed to the perfecting of his knowledge ; his noble impatience cannot be tranquillized till all his conceptions have arranged themselves into one harmonious whole ; till he stands at the central point of arts and sciences, and... 
