 ... knots an hour against the wind. These are but a part of its fruits, and of its first fruits. For it is a philosophy which never rests, which has never attained, which is never perfect. Its law is progress. A point which yesterday was invisible is...  Critical and historical essays - Page 396by Thomas Babington Macaulay (baron [essays]) - 1883Full view - About this book
 | Robert Routledge - 1903 - 882 pages
...ten knots an hour against the wind. These are but a part of its fruits, and of its first-fruits ; lor it is a philosophy which never rests, which has never...was invisible is its goal to-day, and will be its starting-point to morrow."— (MACAULAYi. Thus every new invention, every triumph of engineering skill,... | |
 | William Henry Doolittle - 1903 - 550 pages
...traverse the land in carts which whirl along without horses; to cross the ocean in ships which run many knots an hour against the wind. These are but a part...fruits, for it is a philosophy which never rests, which is never perfect. Its law is progress. A point which yesterday was invisible is its goal to-day, and... | |
 | Nathan Elliott Wood - 1903 - 284 pages
...omitted or added. As Macaulay says of this very essay: "It is a philosophy which never rests, which is never attained, which is never perfect. Its law is...to-day, and will be its starting-post to-morrow." We know and we feel that we are on the right road to victory, to the pinnacle of success ; we have... | |
 | 1908 - 766 pages
...to traverse the land in cars which whirl along without horses, and the ocean in ships which run t«n knots an hour against the wind. These are but a part...yesterday was invisible is its goal to-day, and will \x its starting-post to-morrow.'" Since these lines were written science has gone on workingwonders... | |
 | Herbert John Paterson - 1906 - 202 pages
...already is but a part of the fruits of gastric surgery, and of its first-fruits. For ours is a science ' which never rests, which has never attained, which...yesterday was invisible is its goal to-day and will be its startingpoint to-morrow.s REFERENCES— LECTURE III. PERFORATION OF GASTRIC ULCER. 1 Gee, The Lancet,... | |
 | Illinois State Geological Survey - 1909
...earth, to traverse the land, in cars, whirled along without horses and the ocean in ships that run ten knots an hour against the wind. These are but...fruits and of its first fruits. For it is a philosophy that never rests, which has never attained, is never perfect. Its law is progress. A point which yesterday... | |
 | 1907 - 402 pages
...the sea, to soar into the air, to penetrate securely into the noxious recesses of the earth. . . . These are but a part of its fruits, and of its first...attained, which is never perfect. Its law is progress. The point which yesterday was invisible, is its goal to-day, and will be its starting post to-morrow."... | |
 | Illinois State Geological Survey (1905- ) - 1909 - 424 pages
...earth, to traverse the land, in cars, whirled along without horses and the ocean in ships 'that run ten knots an hour against the wind. These- are but...fruits and of its first fruits. For it is a philosophy that never rests, which lias never attained, is never perfect. Its law is progress. A point which yesterday... | |
 | Cyrus Northrop - 1910 - 568 pages
...earth; to travel the land in cars which whirl along without horses, and the ocean in ships which run ten knots an hour against the wind. These are but...yesterday was invisible is its goal to-day and will be its starting post to-morrow." Macaulay died in 1859. If he had lived till now what a mighty addition to... | |
 | Illinois State Geological Survey - 1909 - 506 pages
...earth, to traverse the land, in cars, whirled along without horses and the ocean in ships that run ten knots an hour against the wind. These are but...fruits and of its first fruits. For it is a philosophy that never rests, which has never attained, is never perfect. Its law is progress. A point which yesterday... | |
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