 But thus you see we maintain a trade, not for gold, silver, or jewels, nor for silks, nor for spices, nor any other commodity of matter, but only for God's first creature, which was light; to have light, I say, of the growth of all parts of the world.  The Works of Francis Bacon ...: Philosophical works - Page 145by Francis Bacon - 1857Full view - About this book
 | Gildo Massó - Education - 1927 - 224 pages
...the most instructive essays of Bacon's deals with the subject of travel. '"The New Atlanta, p. 191. _ only for God's first creature, which was light; to...light, I say, of the growth of all parts of the world." "8 Campanella also puts travel to practical use. The inhabitants of the City of the Sun "continually... | |
 | Joyce Oramel Hertzler - Idealism - 1928 - 350 pages
...see we maintain a trade, not for gold, silver or jewels, nor for silks, nor for spices, nor any other commodity of matter; but only for God's first creature,...light, I say, of the growth of all parts of the world." 66 This illuminating sentence sets forth the spirit and the high purpose of the writer. Generally the... | |
 | Women college graduates - 1924 - 524 pages
...them, we "maintain a trade, not for gold, silver or jewels; nor for silks; nor for spices; nor any commodity of matter, but only for God's first creature which was light; to have light for the growth of all parts of the world." CAROLINE FE SPURGKON, Professor of English Literature, University... | |
 | Lisa Jardine - Science - 1974 - 300 pages
...we maintain a trade, not for gold, silver, or jewels, nor for silks; nor for spices; nor any other commodity of matter; but only for God's first creature,...light (I say) of the growth of all parts of the world' [III, 146-7]. See also 'experiments of light': ' [the old science] has sought, I say, experiments of... | |
 | Clarence J. Glacken - History - 1976 - 806 pages
...we maintain a trade, not for gold, silver, or jewels, nor for silks, nor for spices, nor any other commodity of matter; but only for God's first creature,...light, I say, of the growth of all parts of the world." 2 * In Bacon's thought the voyages of discovery, especially those of scientific travelers, become a... | |
 | Will Durant - Biography & Autobiography - 1965 - 736 pages
...trade, not of gold, silver, or jewels, nor for silks, nor for spices, nor for any other commodity or matter; but only for God's first creature, which was light; to have light of the growth of all parts of the world."103 These "Merchants of Light" are members of Solomon's House... | |
 | Barbara Charlesworth Gelpi - Literary Criticism - 1992 - 332 pages
..."maintain a trade, not for gold, silver, or jewels; nor for silks; nor for spices; nor for any other commodity of matter; but only for God's first creature, which was Light: to have light... of the growth of all parts of the world" (58). Critias takes up the subject of Athens and Atlantis... | |
 | A.M.O. Dobbie - Religion - 1993 - 169 pages
...New Atlantis: 'We maintain a trade, not for gold, silver or jewels, nor for silks, nor for spices.. ..but only for God's first creature, which was light:...light, I say, of the growth of all parts of the world.' 36 Verse 14: '(I mean that) by an equality your abundance may be a supply for their want' etc. 37 The... | |
 | Kevin Dunn - Literary Criticism - 1994 - 266 pages
...counterparts "maintain a trade, not for gold, silver, or jewels; nor for silks; nor for spices; nor any other commodity of matter; but only for God's first creature, which was Light" (3, 146-47). Although Bacon's ultimate desire was a discourse of public utility to govern science,... | |
 | Edward Wait - Body, Mind & Spirit - 1996 - 320 pages
...you see, we maintain a trade, not for gold, silver, or jewels, nor any commodity of matter, but onely for God's first creature, which was light, to have...light, I say, of the growth of all parts of the world." When he had said this he was silent, and so were we all, for we were astonished to hear so strange... | |
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