 | 1831 - 352 pages
...His modesty arose from the depth and extent of his knowledge, which showed him what a small portion of nature he had been able to examine, and how much...himself laboured. In the magnitude of the comparison he recognised his own littleness ; and a short time before his death he uttered this memorable sentiment... | |
 | David Brewster - 1831 - 328 pages
...His modesty arose from the depth and extent of his knowledge, which showed him what a small portion of nature he had been able to examine, and how much...himself laboured. In the magnitude of the comparison he recognised his own littleness ; and a short time before his death he uttered this memorable sentiment... | |
 | 1833 - 310 pages
...His modesty arose from the depth and extent of his knowledge, which showed him what a small portion of nature he had been able to examine, and how much...himself laboured. In the magnitude of the comparison he recognized his own littleness ; and a short time before his death he uttered this memorable sentiment... | |
 | 1834 - 222 pages
...His modesty arose from the depth and extent of his knowledge, which showed him what a small portion of nature he had been able to examine, and how much...explored in the same field in which he had himself labored. In the magnitude of the comparison he recognised his own littleness; and a short time before... | |
 | William Chambers - 1837 - 352 pages
...His modesty arose from the depth and extent of his knowledge, which showed him what a small portion of nature he had been able to examine, and how much...explored in the same field in which he had himself labored. In the magnitude of the comparison he recognised his own littleness; and a short time before... | |
 | 1845 - 334 pages
...His modesty arose from the depth and extent of his knowledge, which showed him what a small portion of nature he had been able to examine, and how much...himself laboured. In the magnitude of the comparison he recognised his own littleness ; and a short time before his death he uttered this memorable sentiment... | |
 | George Grant - 1849 - 322 pages
...His modesty arose from the depth and extent of his knowledge, which showed him what a small portion of nature he had been able to examine, and how much...himself laboured. In the magnitude of the comparison he recognised his own littleness ; and a short time before his death he uttered this memorable sentiment... | |
 | George Grant - 1849 - 318 pages
...His modesty arose from the depth and extent of his knowledge, which showed him what a small portion of nature he had been able to examine^ and how much...himself laboured. In the magnitude of the comparison he recognised his own littleness ; and a short time before his death he uttered this memorable sentiment... | |
 | George Grant - 1849 - 316 pages
...His modesty arose from the depth and extent of his knowledge, which showed him what a small portion of nature he had been able to examine, and how much...himself laboured. In the magnitude of the comparison he recognised his own littleness ; and a short time before his death he uttered this memorable sentiment... | |
 | Alexander Winton Buchan - 1854 - 332 pages
...His modesty arose from the depth and extent of his knowledge, which showed him what a small portion of nature he had been able to examine, and how much...himself laboured. In the magnitude of the comparison he recognized his own littleness; and a short time before his death he uttered this memorable sentiment... | |
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The whole of his life proves, that he knew his place as a philosopher, and was determined to assert and vindicate his rights. His modesty arose from the depth and extent of his knowledge, which showed him what a small portion of nature he had been able... 
