 | Henry Lewis (M.A.) - 1869 - 196 pages
...the latter is a curse ; for in evil the best condition is not to will ; the second, not to can ; but power to do good is the true and lawful end of aspiring....better than good dreams, except they be put in act." — Bacon, "Essay of Great Place." 7. " By this time the equipage of the strolling company was arrived... | |
 | 1869 - 642 pages
...particular paragraph in each which apparently engrossed her more than the rest. The first ran thus : ' Power to do good is the true and lawful end of aspiring ; for good thoughts (though God accepts them) yet towards men are little better than good dreams, except they be put in act ; and that... | |
 | Augustus Maverick - 1870 - 550 pages
...the human race requires. " Power to do good," says Lord Bacon, " is the true and lawful end of all aspiring. For good thoughts (though God accept them),...better than good dreams, except they be put in act. And men must know, that in this theatre of man's life it is reserved only for God and angels to be lookers-on."... | |
 | Francis Bacon - 1871 - 642 pages
...God accept them,) yet towards men. are little better then good Dreames; Except they be put in A61; And that cannot be without Power, and Place ; As the Vantage, and Commanding Ground. Merit, and good Work?, is the End of Mans Motion; And Confcience of the fame, is the Accomplifhment of Mans Reft. For... | |
 | Francis Bacon - 1871 - 678 pages
...(though. God accept them) yet towards men are little better then good dreams': except they be put in Art ; and that cannot be without power and place; as the vantage and commanding ground. Merit is the ende of mans motion ; and confcience of merit is the accomplifhment of mans reft. For if a man... | |
 | 1872 - 556 pages
...are the first that find their own griefs ; though they be the last that find their own faults. But power to do good is the true and lawful end of aspiring....conscience of the same is the accomplishment of man's rest. Neglect not also the examples of those that have carried themselves ill in the same place ; not to... | |
 | 1881 - 314 pages
...shows " — what ? — " that his mind is planted above injuries " ; or, again, that " good thoughts are little better than good dreams except they be put in act " ; or even that a man " should be sure to leave other men their turns to speak." " Here be truths,"... | |
 | Charles Francis Adams - 1873 - 32 pages
...force to purposes of good. I quite concur in the wisdom of Lord Bacon, when he says that " such power is the true and lawful end of aspiring; for good thoughts,...power and place as the vantage and commanding ground." I should, however, venture to question the exclusive feature of the condition. I agree that power and... | |
 | Thomas Wright ("the journeyman engineer.") - 1873 - 424 pages
...the latter is a curse : for in evil the hest condition is not to will, the second not to care. But power to do good is the true and lawful end of aspiring...and that cannot be without power and place as the vantage-ground." — BACON. there is not, and though it is strongly disputed that there ever had been,... | |
 | Francis Bacon - 1873 - 266 pages
...accompanied with some broken 1 The vantage ground, drv.] Compare the passage in the 11th Essay, 'But power to do good is the true and lawful end of aspiring,' &c. 2 More sensible of duty, drv.] More actuated or influenced by the sense of duty than by the feeling... | |
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But power to do good is the true and lawful end of aspiring : for good thoughts (though God accept them, yet) towards men are little better than good dreams except they be put in act ; and that cannot be without power and place, as the vantage and commanding... 
