 | United States. Congress - 1833 - 686 páginas
...to their first principle, and, by the power of generalization and combination, unites the whole into one harmonious system — then, so far from deserving...stars to the high intellectual eminence of a Newton or a La Place; and astronomy itself, from a mere observation of insulated facts, into that noble science... | |
 | United States. Congress - 1833 - 684 páginas
...to their first principle, and, by the power of generalization and combmation, unites the whole into one harmonious system — then, so far from deserving...stars to the high intellectual eminence of a Newton or a La Place; and astronomy itself, from a mere observation of insulated facts, into that noble science... | |
 | John Caldwell Calhoun - 1833 - 106 páginas
...is the highest attribute of the human mind. It is the power which raises man above the brute—which distinguishes his faculties from mere sagacity, which...itself fr.om a mere observation of insulated facts into that noble science why:h displays to our admiration the system of the universe. And shall this high... | |
 | John Hohnes - 1833 - 682 páginas
...distinguishes his faculties from mere sagacity, which he holds in common with inferior animals. It s this power which has raised the astronomer from being...stars to the high intellectual eminence of a Newton or a La Place; and astronomy itself, from a mere observation of insulated facts, into that noble science... | |
 | John Caldwell Calhoun - 1843 - 642 páginas
...into its elements, which traces causes to their first principle, and, by the power of generalization and combination, unites the whole in one harmonious...itself from a mere observation of insulated facts into that noble science which displays to our admiration the system of the universe. And shall this high... | |
 | John Caldwell Calhoun - 1843 - 642 páginas
...is the highest attribute of the human mind. It is the power ' t which raises man above the bnite — which distinguishes his faculties from mere sagacity,...of a Newton or Laplace, and astronomy itself from ,' .j. mere observation of insulated facts into that noble science which displays to our admiration... | |
 | Daniel Kimball Whitaker, Milton Clapp, William Gilmore Simms, James Henley Thornwell - 1844 - 562 páginas
...into itc elements, which traces causes to their first principle, and, by the power of generalization and combination, unites the whole in one harmonious...itself from a mere observation of insulated facts, into that noble science which displays to our admiration the system of the universe. And shall this high... | |
 | John Stilwell Jenkins - 1850 - 462 páginas
...into its elements, which traces causes to their first principle, and, by the power of generalization and combination, unites the whole in one harmonious...itself from a mere observation of insulated facts into that noble science which displays to our admiration the system of the universe. And shall this high... | |
 | John Stilwell Jenkins - 1850 - 474 páginas
...principle, and, by the power of generalization and combination, unites the whole in one harm'mious system — then, so far from deserving contempt, it...itself from a mere observation of insulated facts into that noble science which displays to our admiration the system of the universe. And shall this high... | |
 | Charles Wainwright March - 1850 - 320 páginas
...proper use of the term, it meant the power of analysis and combination. "It is the power," he said, "which raises man above the brute ; which distinguishes...to the high, intellectual eminence of a Newton or La Place, and astronomy itself, from a mere observation of insulated facts, into that noble science... | |
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It is the power •which raises man above the brute — which distinguishes his faculties from mere sagacity, which he holds in common with inferior animals. It is this power which has raised the astronomer from being a mere gazer at the stars to the... 
