...difficulties ' suggested the Essay. he had to modify this resolution. 1 Locke's celebrated controversy ways. The commonwealth of learning is not at this time without...every one must not hope to be a Boyle * or a Sydenham 2 ; and in an age that produces such masters as the great Huygenius3 and the incomparable Mr. Newton4,...

...of Galileo ; and Locke showed a true appreciation of the Zeitgeist, when, in an age that produced " such masters as the great Huygenius and the incomparable Mr. Newton, with some other of that strain," he thought it " ambition enough to be employed as an underJabourer in clearing the ground a little,...

...of Galileo ; and Locke showed a true appreciation of the Zeitgeist, when, in an age that produced " such masters as the great Huygenius and the incomparable Mr. Newton, with some other of that strain," he thought it " ambition enough to be employed as an underlabourer in clearing the ground a little,...

...following passage, expressing no doubt Locke's genuine opinion of tlie great writers whom he names:—" The Commonwealth of learning is not at this time without...produces such masters as the great Huygenius and the in- ' comparable Mr. Newton, with some other of that strain, 'tis ambition enough to be employed as...

...lead us to some 1. Mr. Newton. In the "Epistle to the Header" that precedes the "Essay," Locke says : "The commonwealth of learning is not at this time...lasting monuments to the admiration of posterity ; but everyone must not hope to be a Boyle or a Sydenham ; and in an age that produces such masters as the...

...following passage, expressing no doubt Locke's genuine opinion of the great writers whom he names : — " The Commonwealth of learning is not at this time without...incomparable Mr. Newton, with some other of that strain, 'tis ambition enough to be employed as an under labourer in clearing ground a little, and removing...

...mastery of the classical languages and literatures. " The commonwealth of learning," he continues, " is not at this time without master-builders, whose...lasting monuments to the admiration of posterity." So radical and thorough-going was this movement that it has left its lasting impress upon various aspects...

...contrasts the modesty of his own undertaking with the grander designs of the scientific minds of the time. 'The commonwealth of learning is not at this time...Huygenius and the incomparable Mr. Newton, with some others of that strain, it is ambition enough to be employed as an under-labourer in clearing the ground...

...the satisfaction to have aimed~~sincerely at truth and usefulness, though in one of the meanest ways. The commonwealth of learning is not at this time without...posterity ; but every one must not hope to be a Boyle or a SycLenJiam ; and in an age that produces such masters as the great Huygcnius, and the incomparable...

...the satisfaction to have aimed sincerely at truth and usefulness, though in one of the meanest ways. The commonwealth of learning is not at this time without...Huygenius, and the incomparable Mr. Newton, with some others of that strain; it is ambition enough to be employed as an under-labourer in clearing the ground...