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" First therefore, amongst so many great foundations of colleges in Europe, I find it strange that they are all dedicated to professions, and none left free to arts and sciences at large. For if men judge that learning should be referred to action, they... "
The American Journal of Education - Page 21
edited by - 1871
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Blackwood's Magazine, Volume 76

England - 1854 - 758 pages
...presumed to teach jurisprndence before the mind was capable of embracingscience: "Amongst so many great foundations of colleges in Europe, I find it strange...all dedicated to professions, and none left free to arts and sciences at large. For if men jndge that learning is to be referred to action, they jndge...
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The Works of Francis Bacon: Lord Chancellor of England, Volume 2

Francis Bacon - 1825 - 524 pages
...before us, than look back to that which is already attained. First, therefore, amongst so many great foundations of colleges in Europe, I find it strange...all dedicated to professions, and none left free to arts and sciences at large. For if men judge that learning should be referred to action, they judge...
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The Quarterly Review, Volume 36

William Gifford, Sir John Taylor Coleridge, John Gibson Lockhart, Whitwell Elwin, William Macpherson, William Smith, Sir John Murray (IV), Rowland Edmund Prothero (Baron Ernle) - English literature - 1827 - 634 pages
...foregoing reasoning — ' Amongst so many great foundations of colleges in Europe,' says the philosopher, ' I find it strange that they are all dedicated to professions, and none left free to arts and sciences at large. This dedicating of foundations and donations to professory learning, hath...
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The Works of Francis Bacon, Lord Chancellor of England: A New Edition:

Francis Bacon, Basil Montagu - 1825 - 538 pages
...before us, than look back to that which is already attained. First, therefore, amongst so many great foundations of colleges in Europe, I find it strange...all dedicated to professions, and none left free to arts and sciences at large. For if men judge that learning should be referred to action, they judge...
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The Works of Lord Bacon: With an Introductory Essay, Volume 1

Francis Bacon - 1838 - 898 pages
...before us, than look back to that which is already attained. First, therefore, among so many great foundations of colleges in Europe, I find it strange...all dedicated to professions, and none left free to arts and sciences at large. For if men judge that learning should be referred to action, they judge...
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Essays; or, Counsels civil and moral, and the two books Of the proficience ...

Francis Bacon (visct. St. Albans.) - 1840 - 244 pages
...before us, than look back to that which is already attained. First, therefore, amongst so many great foundations of colleges in Europe, I find it strange...all dedicated to professions, and none left free to arts and sciences at large. For if men judge that learning should i First for thy bees a quiet station...
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The English Universities: From the German of V. A. Huber ...

Victor Aimé Huber - Education, Higher - 1843 - 384 pages
...of Learning, under the head ; " Defects of Universities."t " First, therefore, amongst so many great foundations of Colleges in Europe, I find it strange...all dedicated to professions, and none left free to arts and sciences at large. For if men judge that learning should be referred to action, they judge...
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The Choral Service of the United Church of England and Ireland: Being an ...

John Jebb - Church music - 1843 - 600 pages
...system of the Universities was the reverse of that now practically pursued. "Amongst so many great foundations of Colleges in Europe, I find it strange...all dedicated to professions, and none left free to arts and sciences at large." — Advancement of Learning. He complains that the " fundamental knowledge"...
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The English Universities: From the German of V. A. Huber ...

Victor Aimé Huber - Education, Higher - 1843 - 394 pages
...Universitics."t " First, therefore, amongst so many great foundations of Colleges in Europe, I fmd it strange that they are all dedicated to professions, and none left free to arts and sciences at large. For if men judge that learning should be referred to action, they judge...
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Education and Educational Institutions Considered, with Reference to the ...

James Booth - Business and education - 1846 - 172 pages
...course, to the humble haunts of lowly science. Lord Bacon long ago remarked, " Amongst so many great foundations of colleges in Europe, I find it strange that they are all dedicated to professions, and 94 none left free to arts and sciences at large." And this, too, when the evil had not reached its...
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