 | Henry Theodore Tuckerman - 1868 - 382 Seiten
...He was bred to the law, which is, in my opinion, one of the first and noblest of human sciences — a science which does more to quicken and invigorate, the understanding than all other kinds of learning put together ; but it is not apt, except in persons very happily born, to open... | |
 | 1875 - 438 Seiten
...study of the law as a remedy for some particular defects in the mental powers; and Burke spoke of it as a science which does more to quicken and invigorate...than all the other kinds of learning put together. We wish that the schools might find it to their interest to keep the young gentlemen longer within... | |
 | Evert Augustus Duyckinck - 1872 - 740 Seiten
...it in its political and social relations as " one of the first and noblest of human sciences, doing more to quicken and invigorate the understanding than all the other kinds of learning put together," he thought it " not apt, except in persons very happily born, to open and to liberalize the mind exactly... | |
 | Sir John Fortescue - 1874 - 382 Seiten
...of the law as a remedy for some particular defects in the mental powers : and Burke speaks of it as a science which does more to quicken and invigorate...than all the other kinds of learning put together. And if it be on some occasions the duty of a Barrister to advocate a cause which in his judgment is... | |
 | William Gelston Bates - 1874 - 112 Seiten
...statesman : " He was bred to the law, which is, in my opinion, of the first and noblest of human sciences ; a science which does more to quicken and invigorate the understanding, than all other kinds of learning put together ; but is not apt, except in persons very happily born, to open... | |
 | 1874 - 1178 Seiten
..."He was bred to the law, which is, in my opinion, one of the finest and noblest of human sciences — a science which does more to quicken and invigorate the understanding than all other kinds of learning put together ; but it is not apt, except in persons happily born, to open and... | |
 | Edmund Burke, Albert Stanburrough Cook - 1896 - 256 Seiten
..." He was bred to the law, which is, in iny opinion, one of the first and noblest of human sciences, a science which does more to quicken and invigorate...than all the other kinds of learning put together ; but it is not apt, except in persons very happily born, to open and to liberalize the mind exactly... | |
 | Edmund Burke - 1896 - 248 Seiten
...He saw enough of it to convince him that it is "one of the first and noblest of human sciences — a science which does more to quicken and invigorate the understanding, than all other kinds of learning put together." Still, it was too dry and technical for a mind like his ; and... | |
 | Woodrow Wilson - 1896 - 256 Seiten
...than twenty years afterwards, " is, in my opinion, one of the first and noblest of human sciences, — a science which does more to quicken and invigorate the understanding than all other kinds of learning put together ; but it is not apt, except in persons very happily born, to open... | |
 | Severn Teackle Wallis - 1896 - 392 Seiten
...speaking of Mr. Grenville, "which is, in my opinion, one of the first and noblest of human sciences — a science which does more to quicken and invigorate the understanding than all other kinds of learning put together; but it is not apt, except in persons very happily born, to open... | |
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He was bred to the law, which is, in my opinion, one of the first and noblest of human sciences ; a science which does more to quicken and invigorate the understanding, than all the other kinds of learning put together; but it is not apt, except in persons... 
