 | American literature - 1855 - 602 pages
...perfect this last part," he says, " is above our powers and beyond our hopes. We may, as we trust, make no despicable beginnings ; the destinies of the human race must complete it." " Such," says Mr. Hallam, " was the temple, of which Bacon saw in vision before him the stately front... | |
 | Thomas Budd Shaw - 1849 - 608 pages
...thought. " To perfect this last part is above our powers and beyond our hopes. We may, as we trust, make no despicable beginnings ; the destinies of the...all their power." " And with an eloquent prayer," continues Hallam, from whose excellent view of the Baconian philosophy the foregoing remarks are condensed... | |
 | Thomas Budd Shaw - English literature - 1849 - 478 pages
...thought.' "To perfect this last part is above our powers and beyond our hopes. We may, as we trust, make no despicable beginnings; the destinies of the human race must complete 82 OUTLINES OF GENERAL LITERATURE. [\3HAP. IV. it — in such a manner, perhaps, as men, looking only... | |
 | Thomas Budd Shaw - American literature - 1853 - 496 pages
...thought. " To perfect this last part is above our powers and beyond our hopes. We may, as we trust, make no despicable beginnings; the destinies of the...race must complete it — in such a manner perhaps, ns men, looking only at the present, would not readily conceive. For upon this will depend, not only... | |
 | Henry Hallam - Literature, Modern - 1854 - 620 pages
...laid down. " To perfect this last part is above our powers and beyond our hopes. We may, as we trust, make no despicable beginnings, the destinies of the...exertions may be rendered effectual to the attainment of truth and happiness, this introductory chapter of the Instauratio, methodo, si fieri possit, animo... | |
 | John Holmes Agnew, Walter Hilliard Bidwell - American periodicals - 1855 - 588 pages
...perfect this last part," he says, " is above our powers and beyond our hopes. We may, as we trust, make no despicable beginnings ; the destinies of the human race must complete il." " Such," says Mr. Hallam, " was the temple, of which Bacon saw in vision before him the stately... | |
 | Samuel Austin Allibone - American literature - 1858 - 1022 pages
...down. " ' To perfect this last part is above our powers, and beyond our hopes. We may, as we trust, make no despicable beginnings; the destinies of the...And with an eloquent prayer that his exertions may Ы* rendered effectual to the attainment of truth and happiness, this introductory chapter of the Instauratio,... | |
 | Samuel Austin Allibone - American literature - 1859 - 1030 pages
...down. " 'To perfect this last part is above our powers, and beyond onr hopes. We may, as we trust, make no despicable beginnings; the destinies of the...upon this will depend not only a speculative good, bat all the fortunes of mankind, and all their power.' And with an eloquent prayer that bin exertions... | |
 | Samuel Austin Allibone - American literature - 1859 - 1028 pages
...down. " 'To perfect this last part Is above our powers, and I>eyond our hopes. \Ve may, as we trust, make no despicable beginnings; the destinies of the...perhaps, as men looking only at the present would not readilv conceive. For upon this will depend not only n P|>eculatÍve good, but all the fortunes of... | |
 | Universities and colleges - 1861 - 182 pages
...says, " is above our powers and beyond our hopes. We may, as we trust, make no despicablebeginning ; the destinies of the human race must complete it ;...only at the present, would not readily conceive." Could Bacon revisit the earth in this year of our Lord 1861, — just three centuries gone since he... | |
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To perfect this last part is above our powers and beyond our hopes. "We may, as we trust, make no despicable beginnings, the destinies of the human race must complete it-, in such a manner, perhaps, as men, looking only at the present, would not readily... 
