 | Free Soil Party (Mass.) - 1877 - 214 Seiten
...are here to-day might well adopt the language of Macaulay, and say : " Its law has been progress. The point which yesterday was invisible is its goal to-day, and will be its starting point tomorrow." If there is anything which will cause any of us to take pride in those who have gone... | |
 | 1878 - 312 Seiten
...For it is a philosophy which never rests, which has never attained its limit, which is never perfect. Its law is progress. A point which yesterday was invisible is its goal to-day, and will be its starting-post to-morrow. XXXVI. NOR did Bacon ever meddle with those enigmas which have puzzled hundreds... | |
 | 1878 - 632 Seiten
...against the wind. It is a philosophy which never rests, which has never attained, which is never perfect. A point which yesterday was invisible is its goal to-day, and will be its startingpost to-inorrow." (II.) ARITHMETIC. (OBLIGATORY.) Time allowed, 3 hours. NB — You are particularly... | |
 | Francis Bacon - 1879 - 406 Seiten
...first-fruits. For it is a philosophy which never rests, which has never attained, which is never perfect. Its law is progress. A point which yesterday was invisible is its goal to-day, and will bo its starting-post to-morrow.' " l 1 Essays. ESSAYS. I.— OF TBUTH. WHAT is truth ? said jesting... | |
 | 1907 - 576 Seiten
...philosophy which never rests, which is never perfect. Its law is progress. A point which was yesterday invisible is its goal to-day, and will be its starting post tomorrow." Since these eloquent words were penned, half a century has passed, during which the prophecy of continued... | |
 | Henry Wace - 1880 - 424 Seiten
...principle the more does the famous description of the Baconian method apply to it. It is a system ' which never rests ; its law is progress. A point which...to-day, and will be its starting post to-morrow.' Evolution, by its very nature, is evolution towards an unknown goal; and to attempt to fix that goal... | |
 | Thomas Babington Macaulay Baron Macaulay - 1880 - 668 Seiten
...fruits. For it is a philosophy which never rests, which has never attained, which is never perfect. Its law is progress. A point which yesterday was invisible is its goal to-day and will be its startingpost to-morrow." Great and various as the powers of Bacon were, he owes his wide and durable... | |
 | 1907 - 2170 Seiten
...philosophy which never rests, which has never attained, which is never perfect Its law is progress. The point, which yesterday was invisible, is its goal today, and will be its starting post tomorrow." The demurrer on all grounds is overruled. HORN v. PERE MARQUETTE R. CO. et al. (Circuit Court, BD Michigan,... | |
 | 1881 - 282 Seiten
...occupy a broad field leading to perfection. We accept and are guided by our title page motto, viz: " Its law is progress; a point which yesterday was invisible is its goal to-day and will be its starting point to-morrow." The truths of Homoeopathy were not the creations of man, and like all things else,... | |
 | Thomas Babington Macaulay (baron [essays]) - 1881 - 386 Seiten
...fruits. For it is a philosophy which never rests, which has never attained, which is never perfect. Its law is progress. A point which yesterday was invisible is its goal to-day, and will be its starting-post to-morrow." Great and various as the powers of Bacon were, he owes his wide and durable... | |
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For it is a philosophy which never rests, which has never attained, which is never perfect. Its law is progress. A point which yesterday was invisible is its goal to-day, and will be its starting-post to-morrow. 
