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" Those who have handled sciences have been either men of experiment or men of dogmas. The men of experiment are like the ant; they only collect and use: the reasoners resemble spiders, who make cobwebs out of their own substance. But the bee takes a middle... "
Proceedings of the American Association for the Advancement of Science - Page 505
by American Association for the Advancement of Science - 1898
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The Works of Francis Bacon, Volume 4

Francis Bacon - 1858 - 540 pages
...dogmas. The uien of experiment arc like the ant ; they only collect and use : the reasoners resemble / f spiders, who make cobwebs out of their own substance....business of philosophy ; for it neither relies solely or chiefly on thejjowfiis of the mind, nor does it take the matter which it gathers from natural history...
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The Works, Volume 4

Francis Bacon - 1858 - 516 pages
...represent them. xcv. Those who have handled sciences have been either men of experiment or men of dogmas. The men of experiment are like the ant; they only...business of philosophy; for it neither relies solely or chiefly on the powers of the mind, nor does it take the matter which it gathers from natural history...
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The Philosophical Works of Francis Bacon, with Prefaces and Notes ..., Volume 4

Francis Bacon - 1861 - 578 pages
...xcv. Those who have handled sciences have been either men of experiment or men of dogmas. .The uen of experiment are like the ant ; they only collect...business of philosophy ; for it neither relies solely or chiefly on the powers of the mind, nor does it take the matter which it gathers from natural history...
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The Works of Francis Bacon: Translations of the philosophical works

Francis Bacon - 1863 - 532 pages
...represent them. xcv. Those who have handled sciences have been either men of experiment or men of dogmas. The men of experiment are like the ant ; they only...business of philosophy ; for it neither relies solely or chiefly on the powers of the mind, nor does it take the matter which it gathers from natural history...
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Works, Volume 8

Francis Bacon - 1864 - 528 pages
...represent them. xcv. Those who have handled sciences have been either men of experiment or men of dogmas. The men of experiment are like the ant ; they only...business of philosophy ; for it neither relies solely or chiefly on the powers of the mind, nor does it take the matter which it gathers from natural history...
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Lectures on Butler's Analogy of Religion, to the Constitution and ..., Volume 8

Joseph Napier - 1864 - 350 pages
...moral, and spiritual faculties should harmoniously combine. " The men of experiment (says Lord Bacon), are like the ant, they only collect and use; the reasoners...gathers its material from the flowers of the garden and the field, but transforms and digests by a power of its own." Herein is wisdom. And in the application...
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Fraser's Magazine for Town and Country, Volume 74

James Anthony Froude, John Tulloch - 1866 - 860 pages
...either men of experiment or men of dogmas. The men of experiment are like the ant, they only colleet and use ; the reasoners resemble spiders, who make cobwebs out of their own substance. But tho bee takes a middle course, it gathers its material from the flowers of the garden and of the field,...
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The British Controversialist and Literary Magazine

1870 - 974 pages
...Vmlam." 1860. " Those who have handled sciences hare been either men of experiment or men of dogmas. The men of experiment are like the ant; they only...business of philosophy ; for it neither relies solely or chiefly on the power of the mind, nor does it take the matter which it gathers from natural history...
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Essays by Members of the Birmingham Speculative Club

Birmingham Speculative Club - 1870 - 320 pages
..."Those who have handled science," says Bacon, " have been either men of experiment or men of dogmas. The men of experiment, are like the ant, they only...gathers its material from the flowers of the garden and the field, but transforms and digests it by a power of its own. Not unlike this is the true business...
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Thoughts, philosophical and medical, selected from the works of Francis ...

Francis Bacon (visct. St. Albans.) - 1870 - 88 pages
...W. TV. 434, tr. Those who have handled sciences have been either men of experience or men of dogmas. The men of experiment are like the ant ; they only collect and use : the reasoners resemble the spiders, who make cobwebs out of their own substance. But the bee takes a middle course ; it gathers...
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