 He was bred to the law, which is, in my opinion, one of the first and noblest of human sciences; a science which does more to quicken and invigorate the understanding, than all the other kinds of learning put together; but it is not apt, except in persons...  Peerage of England. ... - Page 417by Arthur Collins - 1812Full view - About this book
 | Chauncey Allen Goodrich - 1856 - 962 pages
...He saw enough of it to convince him that it is " one of the first and noblest of human sciences — a science which does more to quicken and invigorate the understanding, than all other kinds of learning put together." Still, it was too dry and technical for a mind like his ; and... | |
 | 1857 - 686 pages
...of human sciences — a science which does more to quicken and invigorate the understanding than all other kinds of learning put together ; but it is not apt, except in Eersons very happily born, to open and boralize the mind exactly in the same proportion." Why is the... | |
 | 1857 - 678 pages
..."He was bred to the law, which is, in my opinion, one of the first and noblest of human sciences — a science which does more to quicken and invigorate the understanding than all other kinds of learning put together ; but it is not apt, except in persons very happily born, to open... | |
 | American literature - 1857 - 694 pages
...He was bred to the law, which is, in my opinion, one of the first and noblest of haman sciences—a science which does more to quicken and invigorate the understanding than all other kinds of learning put together; but it is not apt, except in Whoever, in the freshness of youthful... | |
 | Edmund Burke - English literature - 1860 - 644 pages
...profession. He was hred to the law, which is, in my opinion, one of the first and nohlest of human sciences; and whose whole weight must he considered as a pertion tho other kinds of learning put together ; hut it is not apt, except in persons very happily horn,... | |
 | James Waddel Alexander - American letters - 1860 - 430 pages
...the assertion of Burke, who while he acknowledges that legal science strengthens the mind, says, " but it is not apt, except in persons very happily born, to liberalize the mind exactly in the same proportion." Or rather, will I say may you prove that you are... | |
 | John Holmes Agnew, Walter Hilliard Bidwell - American periodicals - 1862 - 620 pages
...taxation, he remarks : " Law is, in my opinion, one of the first and noblest of human sciences — a science which does more to quicken and invigorate...liberalize the mind exactly in the same proportion." An agreeable chapter could be written regarding Burke's female acquaintances, their virtues, their... | |
 | Richard Holt Hutton, Walter Bagehot - 1862 - 544 pages
...— he was bred to the law, which is, in my opinion, one of the first and noblest of human sciences ; a science which does more to quicken and invigorate...except in persons very happily born, to open and to liberalise the mind in exactly the same proportion. Passing from .that study, he did not go very largely... | |
 | Edward Royall Tyler, William Lathrop Kingsley, George Park Fisher, Timothy Dwight - United States - 1863 - 878 pages
...law, which is, in my opinion, one of the first and noblest of human sciences, a science which docs more to quicken and invigorate the understanding,...apt, except in persons very happily born, to open and liberalize the mind exactly in the same proportion "* Nor can you have failed to note what he said... | |
 | Members of the Evangelical Alliance - 1864 - 1272 pages
...science of jurisprudence, " a science," says one of the greatest practical thinkers of modern times, " which does more to quicken and invigorate the understanding...than all the other kinds of learning put together." Calvin excelled in every study on which he ever entered, but for jurisprudence he seems v> have had... | |
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