 Truth is the cry of all, but the game of a few. Certainly, where it is the chief passion, it doth not give way to vulgar cares and views ; nor is it contented with a little ardour in the early time of life ; active, perhaps, to pursue, but not so fit...  The Scottish Review - Page 1741895Full view - About this book
 | Hubert Ashton Holden - 1864 - 592 pages
...early time of life, active perhaps to pursue, but not so fit to weigh and revise. He that would make real progress in knowledge, must dedicate his age as well as youth, the later growth as well as first fruits, at the altar of truth. G. BERKELEY 322. FALSE POLICY OF THE BRITISH GOVERNMENT. When... | |
 | Henry Lytton Bulwer Baron Dalling and Bulwer - Europe - 1868 - 788 pages
...little ardour in the early time of life; active perhaps to pursue, but not so fit to weigh and revise. He that would make a real progress in knowledge, must dedicate his age as well as youth, the latter growth as well as first fruits, at the altar of truth.' So did Berkeley, and such were almost... | |
 | Noah Porter - History - 1869 - 752 pages
...active, perhaps, to pursue, but not so fit to weigh and consider. He that would make a veal progtess in knowledge must dedicate his age as well as youth ; the later growth as well as first-fruits, at the altar of Truth. ' Oujusvis est orrare, millius nisi insipientis in errare perseverare?... | |
 | Alexander Campbell Fraser - 1871 - 708 pages
...little ardour in the early time of life, active perhaps to pursue, but not so fit to weigh and revise. He that would make a real progress in knowledge must...age as well as youth, the later growth as well as first fruits, at the altar of truth48.' Such was the spirit of Berkeley in the episcopal palace of... | |
 | George Berkeley - 1871 - 538 pages
...little ardour in the early time of life; active, perhaps, to pursue, but not so fit to weigh and revise. He that would make a real progress in knowledge must...age as well as youth, the later growth as well as first fruits, at the altar of Truth. Cujusris eit errare ; nullius nisi insipientis in errore pcnerenre.... | |
 | Sir James Mackintosh - English literature - 1871 - 616 pages
...time of life ; active perhaps to pursue, but not so fit to weigh and revise. He that would rn.-ike a real progress in knowledge, must dedicate his age as well as youth, the later growth as well as first fruits, at the altar of Truth." So did Berkeley, and such were almost his latest words. His general... | |
 | Great Britain - 1871 - 970 pages
...little ardour in the early time of life ; active perhaps t" pursue, but not so fit to wei^h and revise. He that would make a real progress in knowledge must dedicate his ajce at well as youth, the latter growth as well as first-fruits, at the altar of truth. " ' Cujusvis... | |
 | Book - Birthdays - 1872 - 326 pages
...lines, imitating the important last sentence of Berkeley's Siris, which we shall do well to observe. "He that would make a real progress in knowledge must dedicate his age as well as his youth, the latter-growth as well as the firstfruits, at the altar of Truth." Before thy mystic... | |
 | Baptists - 1872 - 444 pages
...pays to beauty, riches, or politeness, that regard which only virtue and piety can claim.— Johnson, He that would make a real progress in knowledge must dedicate his age as well as his youth, the latter growth as well as the firstfruits, on the altar of truth.— Berkeley. ic Stlectiom... | |
 | Elder James A. Little - 1872 - 862 pages
...after, they hats erred from the faith, and pierced themselves through with many sorrows. — "Paul." He that would make a real progress in knowledge must dedicate his a^e as well.i? his youth — the latter growth аз well as the first fruits — at the altar of truth,—... | |
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