I shall acquire . ampler information at more voluminous sources — to a conviction that it is in his knowledge that man has found his greatness and his happiness, the high superiority which he holds over the other animals who inhabit the earth with him,... James Smithson and His Bequest - Seite 53von William Jones Rhees - 1880 - 68 SeitenVollansicht - Über dieses Buch
| 1824 - 512 Seiten
...above-mentioned slender abstract. I have yielded to a sense of the importance of the subject in more than one respect, and of the uncertainty when I shall acquire...superiority which he holds over the other animals who inhabit the earth with him, and consequently that no ignorance is probably without loss to him,... | |
| 1824 - 514 Seiten
...above-mentioned slender abstract. I have yielded to a sense of the importance of the subject in more than one respect, and of the uncertainty when I shall acquire...superiority which he holds over the other animals who inhabit the earth with him, and consequently that no ignorance is probably without loss to him,... | |
| Philosophical Society of Washington (Washington, D.C.) - 1874 - 640 Seiten
...1824, has forcibly expressed his strong " conviction that it is in his l-nowledfje that man has fnnnd his greatness and his happiness, the high superiority which he holds over the other animals who inhabit the earth with him ; and consequently that no ignorance Is probnhly without loss to him,... | |
| Linnean Society of New South Wales - 1908 - 1052 Seiten
...with the incentive and the means to found the magnificent Smithsonian Institution, declared his strong conviction " that it is in his knowledge that Man has found his greatness, . . . and consequently that no ignorance is probably without loss to him, no error without evil." How much have... | |
| William Bower Taylor - 1879 - 162 Seiten
...dated June lOth 1824, has forcibly expressed his strong " conviction that it is in his l-nowledife that man has found his greatness and his happiness,...superiority which he holds over the other animals who inhahit the earth with him ; and consequently that no ignorance is probably without loss to him.no... | |
| Smithsonian Institution - 1879 - 1040 Seiten
...the course of a long life he gave these pursuits the preference; for, as he says, "he was convinced that it is in his knowledge that man has found his...greatness and his happiness — the high superiority he holds over the other animals which inhabit the earth with him, and consequently that no ignorance... | |
| Smithsonian Institution - 1880 - 1054 Seiten
...slender abstract. " I have yielded to a sense of the importance of the subject in more than •one respect, and of the uncertainty when I shall acquire...sources — to a conviction that it is in his knowledge, ihat man has found his greatness and his happiness, the high superiority which he holds over the other... | |
| 1880 - 552 Seiten
...successor ; particularly dwelling on the large amount of leisure afforded for independent investigations. knowledge that man has found his greatness and his...superiority which he holds over the other animals who inhabit the earth with him; and consequently that no ignorance is probably without loss to him,... | |
| United States. Congress - 1880 - 554 Seiten
...successor ; particularly dwelling on the large amount of leisure afforded for independent investigations. knowledge that man has found his greatness and his happiness, the high superiority which ho holds over the other animals who inhabit the earth with him; and consequently that no ignorance... | |
| William Jones Rhees - 1880 - 282 Seiten
...above-mentioned slender abstract. I have yielded to a sense of the importance of the subject in more than one respect, and of the uncertainty when I shall acquire ampler information at more voluminous sources—to a conviction that it is in his knowledge that man has found his greatness and his happiness,... | |
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