...and are perfected by experience — for natural abilities are like natural plants, that need pruning by study; and studies themselves do give forth directions...without them, and above them, won by observation. Bead not to contradict and confute, nor to believe and take for granted, nor to find talk and discourse,...

...health, in which knowledge, as Bacon hath it, there is a wisdom btyond the rules of Physic, selves do give forth directions too much at large, except...wisdom without them and above them won by observation. (Essay L. of Studies.) This contempt, whether of crafty men or narrow-minded men, often finds its expression...

...affectation; to make judgment wholly by their rules is the humor of a scholar. . . . Crafty men condemn studies, simple men admire them, and wise men use...that is a wisdom without them, and above them, won by observation."19 Here is a new note, which marks the end of scholasticism — ie, the divorce of knowledge...

...nature, and are perfected by experience: for natural abilities are like natural plants, that need pruning by study; and studies themselves do give forth directions too much at large, except they be bounded in by experience.88 Throughout its versions this essay matures. In the process the element of experience...

...nature, and are perfected by experience: for natural abilities are like natural plants, that need pruning by study ; and studies themselves do give forth directions too much at large, except they be bounded in byexperience.68 Throughout its versions this essay matures. In the process the element of experience...

...they be bounded in by experience. Crafty3 men contemn* studies, simple* men admire4 them, and wise5 men use them; for they teach not their own use;* but...Read not to contradict and confute; nor to believe and take for granted; nor to find talk and discourse; but to weigh and consider. Some books are to...

...names must remain anonymous, so to them I owe a special debt of gratitude. PREFACE "Crafty men condemn Studies, Simple men admire them, and wise men use them: for they teach not their own use, but that there is a Wisdom without them, and above them won by Observation." Francis Bacon, "Of Studies," Essays...

...forth Directions too much at 15 Large, except they be bounded in by experience. Crafty Men Contemne Studies; Simple Men Admire them; and Wise Men Use them: For they teach not their owne Use; But that is a Wisdome without them, and above them, won by Observation. Reade not to Contradict,...

...and are perfec ted by experience; for natural abilities are like natural plants; that need pruning by study; and studies themselves do give forth directions...except they be bounded in by experience. Crafty men condemn studies, simple men admire them, and wise men use them; for they teach not their own use; but...

...and are perfected by experience, for natural abilities are like natural plants, that need [pruning] by study; and studies themselves do give forth directions too much at large, except they be bounded 1 You might want to know that they have other names. For reasons too tedious to recount, the first...