 | Douglas Veitch - 1882 - 394 pages
...height ; Till the head be hoary, Till the eve be light. Since custom is the principal magistrate of a man's life, let men by all means endeavour to obtain good customs. Never stop the way of a bull, or of a current of air. October 2. Do not seek after a religion of lively... | |
 | Joseph Johnson - Success - 1883 - 426 pages
...Essays, said: "Many examples may be put of the force of custom both upon mind and body; therefore, since custom is the principal magistrate of man's...men by all means endeavour to obtain good customs." The mistake which is general is the supposition that all that a man need do to change his life is to... | |
 | Francis Bacon - 1883 - 236 pages
...and the ceremony of Suttee, encouraged by the Brahmins. § Flinching. upon mind and body: therefore, since custom is the principal magistrate of man's life, let men by all means endeavor to obtain good customs. Certainly, custom is most perfect when it beginneth in young years:... | |
 | Daniel Greenleaf Thompson - 1884 - 634 pages
...custom. . . . Many examples may be put of the force of custom, both upon mind and body ; therefore since custom is the principal magistrate of man's...men by all means endeavour to obtain good customs. Certainly custom is most perfect when it beginneth in young years : this we call education, which is... | |
 | Isabella Fyvie Mayo - 1884 - 270 pages
...of a daughter of God, and a sister of our Lord Jesus Christ. V. HABITS. THE great Lord Bacon says, " Since custom is the principal magistrate of man's...men by all means endeavour to obtain good customs ; " and he lays it down as a rule, in support of which he quotes other shrewd observers, that though... | |
 | Francis Bacon (visct. St. Albans.) - 1884 - 564 pages
...with hard ice. Many examples may be put of the force of custom, both upon mind and body : therefore, since custom is the principal magistrate of man's...men by all means endeavour to obtain good customs. Certainly custom is most perfect when it beginneth in young years ; this we call education ; which... | |
 | Francis Bacon - English essays - 1884 - 468 pages
...with hard ice. Many examples may be put of the force of custom, both upon mind and body ; therefore, since custom is the principal magistrate of man's life, let men, by all means, endeavor to obtain good customs. Certainly, custom is most perfect when it beginneth in young years... | |
 | Francis Bacon - English essays - 1884 - 474 pages
...with hard ice. Many examples may be put of the force of custom, both upon mind and body ; therefore, since custom is the principal magistrate of man's life, let men, by all means, endeavor to obtain good customs. Certainly, custom is most perfect when it beginneth in young years... | |
 | Francis Bacon - 1884 - 476 pages
...with hard ice. Many examples may be put of the force of custom, both upon mind and body ; therefore, since custom is the principal magistrate of man's life, let men, by all means, endeavor to obtain good customs. Certainly, custom is most perfect when it beginneth in young years... | |
 | Gabriel Compayré - Education - 1885 - 652 pages
...permitted to acquire is, that it habituate itself to notfling in particular," or Bacon, who says: " Since custom is the principal magistrate of man's life, let men, by all means, endeavor to obtain good customs. Certainly, custom is most perfect when it beginneth in young years... | |
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Many examples may be put of the force of custom, both upon mind and body ; therefore, since custom is the principal magistrate of man's life, let men by all means endeavour to obtain good customs. Certainly, custom is most perfect when it beginneth in... 
