 In my own time," says Seneca, "there have been inventions of this sort, transparent windows, tubes for diffusing warmth equally through all parts of a building, shorthand, which has been carried to such a perfection that a writer can keep pace with the...  The Chinese Repository - Page 4edited by - 1839Full view - About this book
 | 1837 - 608 pages
...through all parts of a building, — short-hand, which has lieen car' ried to such perfection that a writer can keep pace with the most ' rapid speaker. But the inventing of such things is drudgery {or ' the lowest slaves : philosophy lies deeper. It is not her office to ' teach men how to use their... | |
 | 1838 - 822 pages
...equally through all parts of a building, — short-hand, which has been carried to such perfection that a writer can keep pace with the most rapid speaker....hands. The object of her lessons is to form the soul — Jfon esl, innttain, instrumtntorum ad игиг neetiaarios opifex.'* If the non were left out,... | |
 | 1838 - 870 pages
...equally through all parts of a building, — short-hand, which has been carried to such perfection that a writer can keep pace with the most rapid speaker....deeper. It is not her office to teach men how to use (heir hands. The object of her lessons is to form the soul — .Von esJ,innti<ii>i, inslrumeniorum... | |
 | Thomas Babington Macaulay Baron Macaulay - English essays - 1840 - 516 pages
...equally through all parts of a building, short-hand, which has been carried to such perfection that a writer can keep pace with the most rapid speaker....The object of her lessons is to form the soul: Non eat, inquam, instrumentorum ad usus necessarios opifex." ' If the non were left out, this last sentence... | |
 | Thomas Babington Macaulay Baron Macaulay - English literature - 1843 - 520 pages
...equally through all parts of a building, short-hand, which has been carried to such perfection that a writer can keep pace with the most rapid speaker....form the soul. Non est, inquam, instrumentorum ad usus necessnrios opifex." If the non were left out, this last sentence would be no bad description... | |
 | American literature - 1849 - 606 pages
...philosophy does not consist in manufacturing material comforts, but lies deeper than such drudgery. " It is not her office to teach men how to use their...hands ; the object of her lessons is to form the soul. We shall be told next that the first philosopher was a shoemaker." This passage excites Macaulay's... | |
 | Willis Hall - Science - 1844 - 46 pages
...human life, the love of virtue would have followed. Seneca says, " It is not the office of philosophy to teach men how to use their hands ; the object of her lessons is to form the soul." But the only way to teach men how to form the soul, is to teach them first how most judiciously to... | |
 | Job Roberts Tyson - Pennsylvania - 1845 - 102 pages
...variety of useful inventions, he exclaims, in the genuine spirit of the ancient philosophy : " That the inventing of such things is drudgery for the lowest...Philosophy lies deeper. It is not her office to teach men their hands. The object of her lessons is to form their souls." This system of learning, which consisted... | |
 | Thomas Babington Macaulay Baron Macaulay - English literature - 1846 - 782 pages
...equally through all parts of a building, shorthand, which has been carried to such perfection that a on Professor Ranke has thrown far more light than...policy so well deserving of examination as the Roman : Kin at, inguam, inttrumtntorum ad unit necessario$ opifex." If the non were left out, this last sentence... | |
 | 1849 - 588 pages
...philosophy does not consist in manufacturing material comforts, but lies deeper than such drudgery. " ڠ ` eEΆ `8 ] z t LY23 y ي~ K w r q G v ) b!W 6J <g 3>dU B =r a n;뒡 U We shall be told next that the first philosopher was a shoemaker." This passage excites Macaulay's... | |
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