 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
 | Bible - 1874 - 824 pages
...the law, he saw enough of it to convince him that it was " one of the first and noblest of sciences, a science which does more to quicken and invigorate the understanding than all other kinds of learning put together." His tastes did not lead him with any great enthusiasm in this... | |
 | 1869 - 418 pages
...called the Demosthenes of modern times, says: " 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." The collegiate course pursued by Mansfield and Brougham, on... | |
 | Henry Theodore Tuckerman - Arts - 1868 - 382 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... | |
 | Edmund Burke - Great Britain - 1905 - 156 pages
...profession. 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...is not apt, except in persons very happily born, to opent S and to liberalize the mind exactly in the same proportion.) Passing from that study he did... | |
 | Edgar Benton Kinkead - Jurisprudence - 1905 - 496 pages
...community." Edmund Burke says in his opinion, "law is one of the first and noblest of human sciences; one which does more to quicken and invigorate the understanding,...than all the other kinds of learning put together." This statement has merit in it, because all the other sciences, formal and physical, penetrate the... | |
 | Peter W. Meldrim - Law - 1907 - 20 pages
...their divine laws." Burke says of the law : "It is one of the first and noblest of human sciences, a science which does more to quicken and invigorate...than all the other kinds of learning put together, a science which is the collected reason of ages, combining the principles of eternal justice with the... | |
 | Maryland State Bar Association - Bar associations - 1907 - 350 pages
...their divine laws." Burke says of the law : "It is one of the first and noblest of human sciences, a science which does more to quicken and invigorate...than all the other kinds of learning put together, a science which is the collected reason of ages, combining the principles of eternal justice with rtie... | |
 | George Washburn Smalley - Antislavery movements - 1911 - 474 pages
...sentence on the wall in his eulogy on Mr. Grenville: 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. Then Emerson, who seemed always to be seeking the final word, and to condense the whole of his thought... | |
 | Edmund Burke - Great Britain - 1911 - 318 pages
...profession. 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 exactly in the same proportion. Passing from that study he did not go very largely... | |
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