 | Francis Bacon - 1834 - 784 pages
...defects in the wit and faculties intellectual. For if the wit be too dull, they sharpen it; if two wandering, they fix it ; if too inherent in the sense, they abstract it. So that as tennis is a game of no use in itself, but of great use in respect it maketh a quick eye... | |
 | Francis Bacon, Basil Montagu - 1834 - 376 pages
...defects in the wit and faculties intellectual. For if the wit be too dull, they sharpen it; if two wandering, they fix it ; if too inherent in the sense, they abstract it. So that as tennis is a game of no use in itself, but of great use in respect it maketh a quick eye... | |
 | Alpheus Crosby - Geometry - 1847 - 190 pages
...profound and continued attention. That all these habits are cultivated by the study of Geometry win not be denied. " Pure mathematics," saith Lord Bacon,...of the want of them, will be felt in the studies of tJie whole course of education. The principles of Arithmetic should be demonstrated as rigorously as... | |
 | Francis Bacon - 1850 - 892 pages
...many defects in the wit and faculties intellectual. For, if the wit be dull, they sharpen it; if loo wandering, they fix it; if too inherent in the sense, they abstract it. So thnt as tennis is a game of no use in itself, but of great use in respect it makcth a quick eye,... | |
 | Alpheus Crosby - Geometry, Plane - 1851 - 192 pages
...Bacon, " do remedy and cure many defects in the wit and faculties intellectual; for, if the wit he dull, they sharpen it; if too wandering, they fix...of the want of them, will be felt in the studies of tlte whole course of education. The principles of Arithmetic should be demonstrated as rigorously as... | |
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Men do not sufficiently understand the excellent use of the pure mathematics, in that they do remedy and cure many defects in the wit and faculties intellectual. For if the wit be too dull, they sharpen it; if two wandering, they fix it ; if too inherent... 