 | Sir Norman Lockyer - 1896 - 906 pages
...effort to keep up with even half of them is hopeless ; or, to borrow a simile employed by the late Prof. Huxley, " we are in the case of Tarpeia, who opened...optics includes those phenomena which are presented Ijy ether vibrations within such narrow limits of wave-length as can affect the sense of sight. But... | |
 | Sir Norman Lockyer - 1886 - 666 pages
...the advancement of science are in a fair way of being overwhelmed by the realisation of their wishes. We are in the case of Tarpeia, who opened the gates...under the weight of the reward bestowed upon her. It has become impossible for any man to keep pace with the progress of the whole of any important branch... | |
 | 1892 - 994 pages
...advancement of science are in a fair way of being overwhelmed by the realization of their own wishes. We are in the case of Tarpeia, who opened the gates...the Roman citadel to the Sabines, and was crushed imder the weight of the reward bestowed upon her. It has become impossible for any man to keep pace... | |
 | Society for the Promotion of Agricultural Science (U.S.) - 1890 - 698 pages
...the advancement of science are in a fair way of being overwhelmed by the realization of their wishes. We are in the case of Tarpeia who opened the gates...under the weight of the reward bestowed upon her. It has become impossible for any man to keep pace with the progress of the whole of any important branch... | |
 | 1886 - 920 pages
...the advancement of science are in a fair way of being overwhelmed by the realization of their wishes. We are in the case of Tarpeia, who opened the gates...under the weight of the reward bestowed upon her. It has become impossible for any man to keep pace with the progress of the whole of any important branch... | |
 | Royal Society (Great Britain) - 1886 - 604 pages
...the advancement of science are in a fair way of being overwhelmed by the realisation of their wishes. We are in the case of Tarpeia, who opened the gates...under the weight of the reward bestowed upon her. It has become impossible for any man to keep pace with the progress of the whole of any important branch... | |
 | 1886 - 476 pages
...a fair way of being overwhelmed by the realization of their wishes. We see in the case of Parpeia, who | opened the gates of the Roman citadel to the...under the weight of the reward bestowed upon her. It has become impossible for any man to keep pace with the progress of the whole of any important branch... | |
 | Sir Norman Lockyer - 1886 - 884 pages
...the advancement of science are in a fair way of being overwhelmed by the realisation of their wishes. We are in the case of Tarpeia, who opened the gates of the Roman citadel to the Snbines, and was crushed under the weight of the reward bestowed upon her. It has become impossible... | |
 | 1892 - 930 pages
...advancement of science are in a fair way of being overwhelmed by the realization of their own wishes. We are in the case of Tarpeia, who opened the gates...under the weight of the reward bestowed upon her. It has become impossible for any man to keep pace with the progress of the whole of any important branch... | |
 | American Association for the Advancement of Science - 1892 - 606 pages
...a fair way of being overwhelmed by the realization of their wishes. "We are in the case of Tarpcia who opened the gates of the Roman citadel to the Sabines...under the weight of the reward bestowed upon her. "It lias become impossible for any man to keep pace with the progress of the whole of any important... | |
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We are in the case of Tarpeia, who opened the gates of the Roman citadel to the Sabines, and was crushed under the weight of the reward bestowed upon her. 
