 | Abp. Roger William Bede Vaughan - 1872 - 1014 pages
...to enforce the truth just stated : — " A truly great intellect," he says, " and recognized to lie such by the common opinion of mankind, such as the intellect of Aristotle, or of S. Thomas, or of Newton, or of Goethe . , . is one which takes a connected view of old and new, past... | |
 | Robert Galloway - 1881 - 488 pages
...illumination ; but the locomotion, the movement onwards, of that mental centre, to which both what we know, and what we are learning, the accumulating mass of our acquirements, gravitates." — CARDINAL NEWMAN'S Idea of a University. * "A liberal education" is thus denned in the Edinburgh... | |
 | William Farrand Felch, George C. Atwell, H. Phelps Arms, Francis Trevelyan Miller - 1905 - 1454 pages
...ILLUMINATION ; BUT THE LOCOMOTION. THE MOVEMENT ONWARDS, OF THAT MENTAL CENTER, TO WHICH BOTH WHAT WE KNOW AND WHAT WE ARE LEARNING, THE ACCUMULATING MASS OF OUR ACQUIREMENTS, GRAVITATES Cardinal NOTES FROM AN OLD DIARY ON THE PERKINS' FAMILY Mr. CL Haight of Bristol, Conn., has kindly... | |
 | William Farrand Felch, George C. Atwell, H. Phelps Arms, Francis Trevelyan Miller - 1905 - 1120 pages
...ILLUMINATION : BUT THE LOCOMOTION. THE MOVEMENT ONWARDS, OF THAT MENTAL CENTER, TO WHICH BOTH WHAT WE KNOW AND WHAT WE ARE LEARNING, THE ACCUMULATING MASS OF OUR ACQUIREMENTS, GRAVITATES Cardinal Newman PERKINS' FAMILY Mr. CL Haight of Bristol, Conn., has kindly sent me the following extracts... | |
 | John Matthews Manly - 1909 - 578 pages
...the illumination; but the locomotion, the movement onwards, of that mental centre, to which both what we know, and what we are learning, the accumulating...gravitates. And therefore a truly great intellect, and recognised to be such by the common opinion of mankind, such as the intellect of Aristotle, or of St.... | |
 | 1916 - 798 pages
...be a comparison of ideas one with another, as they come before the mind, and a systematizing of them And therefore a truly great intellect, and recognized to be such by the common opinion of mankind, .... is one which takes a connected view of old and new. past and present, far and near, and which... | |
 | 1913 - 408 pages
...the illumination; but the locomotion, the movement onwards, of that mental centre, to which both what we know, and what we are learning, the accumulating...such as the intellect of Aristotle, or of St. Thomas, 1 or of Newton, or of Goethe, (I purposely take instances 1 Thomas Aquinas, the famous theologian of... | |
 | Maurice Garland Fulton - 1914 - 568 pages
...the illumination; but the locomotion, the movement onwards, of that mental center, to which both what we know, and what we are learning, the accumulating...mankind, such as the intellect of Aristotle, or of St. Thomas,1 or of Newton, or of Goethe (I purposely take instances within and without the Catholic pale,... | |
 | Maurice Garland Fulton - 1914 - 556 pages
...to be such by the common opinion of mankind, such as the intellect of Aristotle, or of St. Thomas,1 or of Newton, or of Goethe (I purposely take instances...intellect as such), is one which takes a connected view of ^IcT* and new, past and present, far and near, and which has an in-^ sight into the influence of all... | |
 | Franklyn Bliss Snyder, Robert Grant Martin - 1916 - 530 pages
...locomotion, the movement onwards, of that mental center, to which both what we know, and what we [440 are learning, the accumulating mass of our acquirements,...intellect as such), is one which takes a connected view of [450 old and new, past and present, far and near, and which has an insight into the influence of all... | |
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... of them. We feel our minds to be growing and expanding then, when we not only learn, but refer what we learn to what we know already. It is not the mere addition to our knowledge that is the illumination; but the locomotion, the movement onward, of... 
