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A discourse of the objects, advantages, and pleasures of science [by H.P ... - Page 43
by Henry Peter Brougham (1st baron Brougham and Vaux.) - 1827
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The Pamphleteer, Volume 27

Abraham John Valpy - Great Britain - 1826 - 596 pages
...be at fault the moment he is required to make '»ny new application of it. This, then, is the -^rs/ use of learning the principles of science: it makes...and taste well when earned. But another use of such knovvlege to handicraftsmen and common laborers is equally obvious : it gives every man a chance, according...
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The Pamphleteer, Volumes 27-28

Great Britain - 1826 - 1138 pages
...must be at fault the moment he is required to make any new application of it. This, then, is the first use of learning .the principles of science : it makes...and useful in the particular kinds of work by which (hey are to earn tlleir bread, and by which they are to make it go far and taste well when earned....
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Monthly Review; Or Literary Journal Enlarged

1827 - 640 pages
...procuring it for themselves. The first use of learning science, he shews, is to make men more skilful, more expert and useful in the particular kinds of work...are to make it go far and taste well, when earned. daily witnessing the operations of nature, whether in the motions and pressures of bodies, or in their...
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Iron: An Illustrated Weekly Journal for Iron and Steel ..., Volume 7

Perry Fairfax Nursey - Industrial arts - 1827 - 472 pages
...placed in the hands of Galileo the instrument of his chief discoveries." " But another use of each knowledge to handicraftsmen and common labourers is...gives every man a chance, according to his natural talent?, of becoming an improver of the art be works at, and even a discoverer in the sciences connected...
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A Discourse of the Objects, Advantages, and Pleasures of Science

Henry Brougham Baron Brougham and Vaux - Mathematics - 1828 - 248 pages
...must be at fault the moment he is required to make any new application of it. This, then, is the first use of learning the principles of science : it makes...are to make it go far and taste well when earned. S5. But another use of such knowledge to handicraftsmen is equally obvious : it gives every man a chance,...
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Library of Useful Knowledge: Natural philosophy, Volume 1

1829 - 522 pages
...must be at fault the moment he is required to make any new application of it. This, then, is tiiejlrst use of learning the principles of science : it makes...are to make it go far and taste well when earned. 2. But another use of such knowledge to handicraftsmen is equally obvious : it gives every man a chance,...
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American Journal of Education, Volume 3

William Russell - Education - 1828 - 910 pages
...must be at fault the moment he is required to make any new application of it. This, then, is the first use of learning the principles of science : it makes...useful in the particular kinds of work by which they arc to earn their bread, and by which they are to make it go far and tasto well when earned. But another...
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Methodist Magazine and Quarterly Review, Volume 3; Volume 14

Methodist Church - 1832 - 510 pages
...must be at fault the moment he is required to make any new application of it. This, then, is the first use of learning the principles of science : it makes...obvious : it gives every man a chance, according to Iris natural talents, of becoming an improver of the art he works at, and even a discoverer in the...
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Selections from the Speeches and Writings of the Right Honourable Henry ...

Henry Brougham Baron Brougham and Vaux - Great Britain - 1832 - 284 pages
...must be at fault the moment he is required to make any new application of it. This, then, is the first use of learning the principles of science: it makes...But another use of such knowledge to handicraftsmen, is equally obvious : it gives every man a chance, according to his natural talents, of becoming an...
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Mechanics' Magazine, and Journal of the Mechanics' Institute, Volume 1

Industrial arts - 1833 - 426 pages
...fault the moment he is required to make any new application of it. This, then, is the^tríí ияс of learning the principles of science: it makes men...useful, in the particular kinds of work by which they arc to earn their bread, and by which they are to make it go far, and taste well, when earned. 2. But...
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