 | Isaac Watts - 1807 - 320 pages
...from rash judgment, before we attain just evidence of the proposition which is offered to us ; and we shall •with the same ease, and, as it- were,...parts, or the best collection of logical, precepts-.. Ib is- custom and practice that must formand establish this habit. We must apply ourselves to it till... | |
 | Isaac Watts - Conduct of life - 1809 - 328 pages
...judgment, before we attain just evidence of the proposition which is offered to us ; and we shall with th« same ease, and, as it were naturally, seize and embrace every truth that is proposed with just evidence. The habit of conceiving clear!}") of judging justly, and of reasoning well, is not to be attained merely... | |
 | Isaac Watts - Dissenters, Religious - 1813 - 616 pages
...from rash judgment, before we attain just evidence of the proposition which is offered to us ; and we shall with the same ease, and as it were, naturally...conceiving clearly, of judging justly, and of reasoning tcell, is not to be attained merely by the happiness of constitution, the brightness of genius, the... | |
 | Elizabeth Hamilton - Education - 1813 - 556 pages
...so much to make us mathematicians, as to make us reasonable crealitres." " The habit of concei-vinff clearly, of judging justly, and of reasoning well,...happiness of constitution, the brightness of genius, or the best collection of logical precepts. A coherent thinker, and a strict reasoner, is not to be... | |
 | Isaac Watts - English literature - 1821 - 206 pages
...evidence of perception, and force of reasoning, and get such a habit of discerning clear truths, that This habit of conceiving clearly, of judging .justly, and of reasoning well, is not to be obtained inerely by the happiness of constitution, the brighu ness ef genius, the best natural parts,... | |
 | William Jillard Hort - Children - 1822 - 198 pages
...Locke expresses it, not so much to make us mathematicians, as to make us reasonable creatures. " The habit of conceiving clearly, of judging justly, and of reasoning well, is to be formed by custom and practice alone." The last mental power and habit to which I shall advert,... | |
 | Oratory - 1836 - 362 pages
...reasoning accurately. Nor is the habit of conceiving clearly, of judging justly, and of reasoning well, to be attained merely by the happiness of constitution,...the best natural parts, or the best collection of precepts. It is custom and practice that must form and establish this habit. We must apply ourselves... | |
 | James Robert Boyd - English language - 1844 - 372 pages
...parts of learning where you meet with the greatest clearness of thought and force of reasoning. The habit of conceiving clearly, of judging justly, and of reasoning well, is to be learned only by effort and practice. It should be commenced in early life. 3. Enlarge your general... | |
 | James Robert Boyd - English language - 1852 - 364 pages
...parts of learning where you meet with the greatest clearness of thought and force of reasoning. The habit of conceiving clearly, of judging justly, and of reasoning well, is to be learned only by effort and practice. It should be commenced in early life. 2. Enlarge your general... | |
 | James William Gilbart - Language and languages - 1854 - 428 pages
...from rash judgment, before we attain just evidence of the proposition which is offered to us : and we shall with the same ease, and, as it were, naturally...well, is not to be attained merely by the happiness ol constitution, the brightness of genins, the best natural parts, or the best collection of logical... | |
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... with obscurity and confusion : then we shall, as it were, naturally and with ease restrain our minds from rash judgment, before we attain just evidence of the proposition which is offered to us : and we shall with the same ease, and, as it were, naturally... 
