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A Treatise of Mechanics, Theoretical, Practical, and Descriptive - Page vii
by Olinthus Gregory - 1815 - 58 pages
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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
...masterly hand, the details of ordinary business, and to contend successfully with the untried difficulties of new and hazardous situations. In conducting the..." 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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The Works of Francis Bacon, Volume 1

Francis Bacon - 1815 - 310 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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Encyclopaedia Perthensis; Or Universal Dictionary of the Arts ..., Volume 9

Encyclopedias and dictionaries - 1816 - 778 pages
...in mode and figure. Locke. 3. Skilful t>y practice or experience. This fenfe is rare. — Expert men can execute, and judge of particulars, one by one; but the general counfels, and the plots and marflialling of affairs, come bcft' from thofe that are learned. Baccn....
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