 | Philip Dormer Stanhope Earl of Chesterfield - Books and reading - 1801 - 474 pages
...fuch or fuch a predominant palGon, that he will ait invariably and confequeiitially in the purfuit of it. No : we are complicated machines ; and though we have one main ipring, that gives motion to the whole, we have an infinity of little wheels, which, in their turns,... | |
 | Philip Dormer Stanhope - Philosophy, English - 1810 - 456 pages
...from certain particular principles, thongh, in the main, true ones. We mnst not suppose that, hecanse a man is a rational animal, he will, therefore, always act rationally; or, hecanse he has snch or snch a predominant passion, that he will act invariahly and consequentially... | |
 | Philip Dormer Stanhope (4th earl of Chesterfield.) - 1813 - 408 pages
...will aet in-. variably and eonsequentially in the pursuit of it. If o : we are eomplieated maehines ; and though we have one main . spring that gives motion to the whole, we have an infinity ol" little wheels, whieh, in their turns, retard, preeipitate, and sometimes stop that motion. Let... | |
 | Richard Lloyd - 1825 - 392 pages
...must not draw absolute conclusions from certain particular principles, though in the main true ones. We are complicated machines, and though we have one...their turns, retard, precipitate, and sometimes stop the motion. Let ambition be predominant in statesmen, — it does not always prevail ; sickness may... | |
 | Laconics - 1829 - 390 pages
...polite fool shines; but in gravity he is as awkward as an elephant disporting. — Zimmerman. MCCCCIIL We are complicated machines; and though we have one...gives motion to the whole, we have an infinity of httle wheels, which, in their turns, retard, precipitate, and sometimes stop that motion .—Chesterfidi.... | |
 | Thomas Curtis (of Grove house sch, Islington) - 1839 - 814 pages
...piunges ns into many errors. Watts's Lagick. We »re complicated machines ; and though we пате one main spring, that gives motion to the whole, we...have an infinity of little wheels, which, in their tarns, retard, precipitate, and sometimes stop, the motion. Cheste rjieid. PÍF.CIPITATIOK, in chemistry,... | |
 | Philip Dormer Stanhope Earl of Chesterfield - Conduct of life - 1847 - 492 pages
...from certain particular principles, though, in the main, true ones. We must not suppose, that because a man is a rational animal, he will, therefore, always...are complicated machines ; and though we have one main-spring that gives motion to the whole, we have an infinity of little wheels, which, in their turns,... | |
 | Philip Dormer Stanhope Earl of Chesterfield - 1853 - 764 pages
...from certain particular principles, though, in the main, true ones. We must not suppose, that, because a man is a rational animal, he will therefore always...wheels, which, in their turns, retard, precipitate, and .sonic times stop that motion. Let us exemplify. I will suppose Ambition to be (as it commonly is)... | |
 | Great Britain - 1856 - 600 pages
...shall oegin, a thousand years be as one day, and the dead, small and great, stand before God. N. WE ABE COMPLICATED MACHINES ; and though we have one main spring that gives motion to the whole, we nave an infinity of little wheels, which, in their turns, retard, precipitate, and sometimes stop that... | |
 | Philip Dormer Stanhope Earl of Chesterfield - Conduct of life - 1857 - 642 pages
...from certain particular principles, though, in the main, true ones. We must not suppose, that, because a man is a rational animal, he will therefore always...invariably and consequentially in the pursuit of it. Ño: We are complicated machines: and though wo have one main spring, that gives motion to the whole,... | |
| |
We must not suppose, that because a man is a rational animal, he will, therefore, always act rationally; or, because he has such or such a predominant passion, that he will act invariably and consequentially in the pursuit of it. 
