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The Correspondence of the Right Honourable Sir John Sinclair, Bart: With ... - Page 64
by Sir John Sinclair - 1831
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The Philosophy of Rhetoric, Volume 1

George Campbell - English language - 1801 - 462 pages
...the aid of proper culture, to produce new varieties, and even to make improvements on the species. " Expert men," says Lord Bacon, " can execute and "...one ; but the general " counsels, and the plots and marshalling of affairs, " come best from those that are learned." INDEED, in almost every art, even...
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The Speaker Or Miscellaneous Pieces Selected from the Best English Writers ...

William Enfield - 1804 - 418 pages
...ability , is in the judgment and ilisposition of business. For expert men can execute , and perhaps judge of particulars one by one ; but the general counsels , and the plots , and marshalling of affairs , come best from those that are learned. To spend too much time in studies is...
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A Manual of Essays: Selected from Various Authors

Manual - Essays - 1809 - 288 pages
...for ability, is in the judgment and disposition of business : for expert men can execute, and perhaps judge of particulars one by one ; but the general counsels, and the plots and marshalling of affairs come best from those that are learned. To spend too much time in studies is...
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The American Orator, Or, Elegant Extracts in Prose and Poetry: Comprehending ...

Increase Cooke - American literature - 1811 - 428 pages
...for ability is in the judgment and disposition of business. For expert men can execute, and perhaps judge of particulars one by one ; but the general counsels, and the plots, and marshalling of affairs, come best from those that are learned. To spend toe much time in studies is...
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Essays, Moral, Economical, and Political

Francis Bacon - English essays - 1812 - 348 pages
...for ability, is in the judgment and disposition of business ; for expert men can execute, and perhaps judge of particulars, one by one: but the general counsels, and the plots and marshalling of affairs come best from those that are learned. To spend too much time in studies, is...
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Elements of the Philosophy of the Human Mind

Dugald Stewart - Psychology - 1813 - 520 pages
...experience and fpeculation muft be combined together to prepare us for the latter. " Ex" pert men," fays Lord Bacon, " can execute and " judge of particulars one by one ; but the general " counfels, and the plots, and the marfhalling of af" fairs, come beft from thofe that are learned."...
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Elements of the Philosophy of the Human Mind

Dugald Stewart - Psychology - 1813 - 564 pages
...experience and fpeculatiou muft be combined together to prepare us for the latter. " Ex'.' pert men," fays Lord Bacon, " can execute and " judge of particulars one by one ; but the genera! " counfels, and the plots, and the marfhalling of afcome beft from thofe that are learned."...
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Elements of the Philosophy of the Human Mind, Volume 1

Dugald Stewart - Psychology - 1814 - 528 pages
...sufficient guide, but experience and speculation must be combined together to prepare us for the latter. " Expert men," says Lord Bacon, " can execute and judge..." but the general counsels, and the plots, and the marshal" ling of affairs, come best from those that are learned." SECTION VIII. Continuation of the...
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A Treatise of Mechanics, Theoretical, Practical, and Descriptive, Volume 1

Olinthus Gregory - Mechanical engineering - 1815 - 604 pages
...guide : " but experience and speculation must be combined together to " prepare us for the latter." « Expert men,' says Lord Bacon, ' can execute and judge...marshalling of affairs, come best ' from those that arc learned.' Admitting the truth of these observations — and their truth 1 think eannot well be...
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A Treatise of Mechanics, Theoretical, Practical, and Descriptive, Volume 2

Olinthus Gregory - Mechanical engineering - 1815 - 632 pages
...guide: " but experience and speculation must be combined together to " prepare us for the latter." • Expert men,' says Lord Bacon, ' can execute and judge...the plots, and the marshalling of affairs, come best 1 from those that are learned.' Admitting the truth of these observations — and their truth I think...
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