 | 1825 - 492 pages
...husiness of the human mind. Whether we provide for action or conversation, whether we wish to he useful or pleasing, the first requisite is the religious...history of mankind, and with those examples which may he said to emhody truth and prove hy events the reasonahleness of opinions. Prudence and justice are... | |
 | 1825 - 574 pages
...business of the buman mind. Whether we provide for action or conversation, whether we wish to be useful or pleasing, the first requisite is the religious...acquaintance with the history of mankind, and with lllose examples which may be said to embody truth and prove by events the reasonableness of opinions.... | |
 | Precept - 1825 - 302 pages
...knowledge requires and includes, are not the great or the frequent business of the human mind ;" that the " first requisite is the religious and moral knowledge of right and wrong, the next an acquaintance with the history of mankind;" and that " those authors therefore are to be read at... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - 1826 - 430 pages
...business of the human mind. Whether we provide for action or conversation, whether we wish to be useful or pleasing, the first requisite is the religious...and prove by events the reasonableness of opinions. Prndence and justice are virtues and excellences of all times and of all places; we are perpetually... | |
 | Daniel Appleton White - 1830 - 72 pages
...business of the human mind. Whether we provide for action or conversation, whether we wish to be useful or pleasing, the first requisite is the religious...of opinions. Prudence and justice are virtues and excellencies of all times and of all places ; we are perpetually moralists, but we are geometricians... | |
 | James Bell - 1832 - 622 pages
...amusement, or conversation, whether we wish to be useful or pleasing, the first requisite is the religions and moral knowledge of right and wrong ; the next...those examples which may be said to embody truth, and thereby prove the reasonableness of opinions. Prudence and justice 'are virtues and excellencies of... | |
 | 1835 - 842 pages
...wish to be useful or pleasins, the first requisite is the religious ami moral knowledge of right ami wrong, ; the next is an acquaintance with the history...the reasonableness of opinions. Prudence and justice иге virtues and excellences of all 'hues and of all places. We are perpetually moralists, but we... | |
 | Samuel Johnson, Arthur Murphy - 1834 - 722 pages
...business of the human mind. Whether we provide for action or conversation, whether we wish to be useful or pleasing, the first requisite is the religious and moral knowledge of rio;ht and wrong ; the next is an acquaintance with the history of mankind, and with those examples... | |
 | John Milton - 1835 - 350 pages
...business of the human mind. Whether we provide for action or conversation; whether we wish to be useful or pleasing, the first requisite is the religious...justice are virtues and excellences of all times and all places ; we are perpetually moralists, but we are geometricians only by chance. Our intercourse... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - 1835 - 476 pages
...wanting to the embellishments of life, formed the same plan of education in his imaginary college. and with those examples which may be said to embody...of opinions. Prudence and justice are virtues and excellencies of all times and of all places ; we are perpetually moralists, but we are geometricians... | |
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But the truth is, that the knowledge of external nature, and the sciences which that knowledge requires or includes, are not the great or the frequent business of the human mind. Whether we provide for action or conversation, whether we wish to be useful... 
