 | Sir Leslie Stephen - 1878 - 226 pages
...such a desire to look at the backs of books." " Sir," replied Johnson, wheeling about at the words, " the reason is very plain. Knowledge is of two kinds. We know a subject ourselves, or we know where wo can find information upon it. When we inquire into any subject, the first thing we have to do is... | |
 | Michigan - 1878 - 624 pages
...thousand being legal works, and the others of a miscellaneous character. "Knowledge," says a noted writer, "is of two kinds. We know a subject ourselves, or we know where we can find information upon it." Judge Baldwin has both these; for every tome in this treasury of wisdom has been subjected either to... | |
 | Gordon Campbell - Admission to the bar - 1878 - 340 pages
...work designed by cornpublication better than with the apt quotation with which he inaugurates it: ' Knowledge is of two kinds; we know a subject ourselves, or we know where we can lind information upon it.* Mr. Copinger has not only designed an Index which cannot fail to be of practical... | |
 | Frederick Hugh Short - Costs (Law) - 1879 - 228 pages
...review of Mr. Copinger's publication better than with the apt quotation with which he inaugurates it: 'Knowledge is of two kinds ; we know a subject ourselves,...or we know where we can find information upon it.' " Mr. Copinger has not only designed an Index which cannot fail to be of practical use, but has successfully... | |
 | 1880 - 68 pages
...Bookstore GENERAL INDEX TO THE NATION VOLUMES I.— XXX. JULY, 1865— SEPTEMBER, 1880. Knowledge fa of two kinds. We know a subject ourselves, or we know where we can find information upon it. —DR. JOHNsON. BOSTON : FRANKLIN PRESS: RAND, AVERT, & COMPANY. 1880. fF" 07/ v. O 564234 to INDEX.... | |
 | Charles Francis Richardson - Books and reading - 1881 - 104 pages
...Johnson, ever ready for contest, instantly started from his reverie, wheeled about, and answered, ' Sir, the reason is very plain. Knowledge is of two...inquire into any subject, the first thing we have to do ig to know what books have treated of it. This leads us to look at catalogues, and the backs of hooks... | |
 | Jehiel Keeler Hoyt - Quotations, English - 1882 - 914 pages
...knowledge. q. S.»M'L JOHNSON — Boswell's Life of Johnson. Conversation on Saturday, July 30. 1763. l Than not be noble. c. TENNYSON — The Princess. Ft. П. r. SAM'L JOHNSON— BoswelCs Life of Johnson. An. 177G. That fellow seems to me to possess but one... | |
 | Jehiel Keeler Hoyt, Anna Lydia Ward - Quotations - 1882 - 926 pages
...knowledge. q. SAM'L JOHNSON— lioswell's Life of Johnson. Conversation on Saturday, July ¡(U. 17G3. Knowledge is of two kinds. We know a subject ourselves, or we know where we cnn find information upon it r. SAM'L JOHNSON— BosicflCs Life of Johnson. An. 177G. That fellow seems... | |
 | Halkett (i.e. Richard Halkatt Lord (ed.)) - American literature - 1883 - 602 pages
...books.' Johnson, ever ready for contest, instantly started from his reverie, wheeled about, and answered, 'Sir, the reason is very plain. Knowledge is of two...kinds. We know a subject ourselves, or we know where we ean find information upon it. When we inquire into any subject, the first thing we have to do is to... | |
 | Medicine - 1888 - 510 pages
...WB House's Complete Index to the Medical World, Vol. VI, 1888. It was said once by Dr. Johnson that "knowledge is of two kinds. We know a subject ourselves,...or we know where we can find information upon it." And it is this latter kind of knowledge that every successful physician largely relies upon. THE MEDICAL... | |
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Knowledge is of two kinds. We know a subject ourselves, or we know where we can find information upon it. 
