 | 1841 - 376 pages
...enrapture the philosopher. Perhaps they fill a chasm which the growth of his ideas had rendered more wide and unseemly ; or they place the last stone,...his knowledge, — he has always loved truth better than his system, and gladly will he exchange her old and defective form for a new and fairer one. And... | |
 | 1841 - 380 pages
...enrapture the philosopher. Perhaps they fill a chasm which the growth of his ideas had rendered more wide and unseemly ; or they place the last stone,...overthrow the whole fabric of his knowledge, — he iias always loved truth better than his system, and gladly will he exchange her old and defective form... | |
 | German prose writers, Sarah AUSTIN - 1841 - 388 pages
...enrapture the philosopher. Perhaps they fill a chasm which the growth of his ideas had rendered more wide and unseemly; or they place the last stone, the...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... | |
 | 1859 - 594 pages
...eurapture the philosopher. Perhaps they fill a chasm which the growth of his ideas had rendered more wide and unseemly, or they place the last stone, the...his knowledge, — he has always loved Truth better than his system, and gladly will he exchange an old and defective form for a new and fairer one." readers... | |
 | Royal Institution of Great Britain - 1869 - 646 pages
...one, enrapture the other. Perhaps they fill a chasm which the growth of his ideas had rendered more wide and unseemly ; or they place the last stone,...world, overthrow the whole fabric of his knowledge, he IMS always loved truth better than his system, and gladly will ho exchange her old and defective form... | |
 | Royal Institution of Great Britain - 1869 - 636 pages
...one, enrapture the other. Perhaps they fill a chasm which the growth of his ideas had rendered more wide and unseemly ; or they place the last stone,...world, overthrow the whole fabric of his knowledge, lie has always loved truth better than his system, and gladly will he exchange her old and defective... | |
 | Henry Allon - 1874 - 764 pages
...one enrapture the other. Perhaps they fill a chusm which the growth of his ideas had rendered more wide and unseemly ; or they place the last stone,...should a new series of ideas, a new aspect of nature, a newly discovered law in the physical world, overthrow the whole fabric of his knowledge, he has always... | |
 | William Benjamin Carpenter - 1888 - 504 pages
...enrapture the philosopher. Perhaps they fill a chasm which the growth of his ideas had rendered more wide and unseemly, or they place the last stone, the...should a new series of ideas, a new aspect of nature, a newly discovered law in the physical world, overthrow the whole fabric of his knowledge, he has always... | |
 | 1889 - 438 pages
...enrapture the philosopher. Perhaps they fill a chasm which the growth of his ideas had rendered more wide and unseemly ; or they place the last stone, the only one wanting to the structure of his ideas. But even should they shiver it into ruins, should a new series of ideas, a... | |
 | 1890 - 436 pages
...enrapture the philosopher. Perhaps they fill a chasm which the growth of his ideas had rendered more wide and unseemly; or they place the last stone, the only one wanting to the structure of his ideas. But even should they shiver it into ruins, should a new series of ideas, a... | |
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New discoveries in the field of his activity, which depress the trader in science, enrapture the philosopher. Perhaps they fill a chasm which the growth of his ideas had rendered more wide and unseemly ; or they place the last stone, the only one wanting... 