 In proportion therefore as any branch of study leads to important and useful results — in proportion as it gains ground in public estimation — in proportion as it tends to overthrow prevailing errors — in the same degree, it may be expected to call...  The Phrenological Journal and Miscellany - Page 3161832Full view - About this book
 | Richard Whately - 1831 - 282 pages
...withheld by gentlemanly or Christian feeling. In proportion therefore as any branch of study leads to important and useful results — in proportion as...could have been disproved, and his reasonings refuted. The same spirit which formerly consigned the too powerful disputant to the dungeon or the stake, is... | |
 | 1835 - 458 pages
...is the quotation alluded to:— "' In proportion,'" he continues,' as any branch of study leads to important and useful results, in proportion as it...—in proportion as it tends to overthrow prevailing errors—in the same degree it may be expected to call forth angry declamation from those who are trying... | |
 | George Combe - 1836 - 130 pages
...it as unfavourable to religion." (k In proportion," he continues, " as any branch of stndy leads to important and useful results — in proportion as...defend. Galileo probably would have escaped persecution, it' his discoveries could have been disproved, and his reasonings refuted/' " That political economy... | |
 | George Combe - 1840 - 134 pages
...and useful results — in proportion as it guias ground in public estimation — in proportion as ¡S tends to overthrow prevailing errors —in the same...declamation from those who are trying to despise what they wilt not learn, and wedded to prejudices which they duinot defend. Galileo probably would have escaped... | |
 | George Combe - 1841 - 140 pages
...of study lends to important ami useful results, — in propor- I tion as it gains ground in puhlic estimation. — in proportion as it tends to overthrow prevailing errors, — in the fame degree it may he expected to call forth angry de clamat ion from those who are trying to despise... | |
 | R. T. Claridge - 1842 - 344 pages
...overland to India; Member of the Arcadian Academy, Rome. " In proportion as any branch of study leads to important and useful results,— In proportion as...have been disproved, and his reasonings refuted."— DR. WHATELET. LONDON: JAMES MADDEN AND CO., 8, LEADENHAI.L STREET. MDCCCXLU. JOJ. WILLIAM TYLER, PRINTER,... | |
 | R. T. Claridge - 1843 - 76 pages
...overland to India ;" Member of the Arcadian Academy, Rome. " In proportion as any branch of study leads to important and useful results,— in proportion as...have been disproved, and his reasonings refuted.'*. — DR. WUATELEY. JiSttton. LONDON : JAMES MADDEN AND CO., 8, LEADENIIAI.L STREET. MDCCCXLJII. g. jp... | |
 | William Horsell - 1845 - 262 pages
...currency of the multitudet of other men's opinions." " In proportion as any branch of study leads to important and useful results — in proportion as...in the same degree it may be expected to call forth any declamation from those who are trying to despise what they will not learn, and wedded to prejudices... | |
 | Richard Whately - 1847 - 348 pages
...withheld by gentlemanly or Christian feeling. In proportion therefore as any branch of study leads to important and useful results — in proportion as...could have been disproved, and his reasonings refuted. The same spirit which formerly consigned the too powerful disputant to the dungeon or the stake, is... | |
 | John Epps - 1850 - 348 pages
...proportion as it gains ground in public estimation—in proportion as it tends to overturn existing errors, in the same degree it may be expected to call...and wedded to prejudices which they cannot defend." In the contemplation of these struggles how encouraging is the third axiom, THAT TRUTH HAS ULTIMATELY... | |
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