 | 1847 - 900 էջ
...student of science in the memorable words uttered by him towards the close of his life : " I know not what I may appear to the world ; but to myself I seem...than ordinary, whilst the great ocean of truth lay undiscovered before me." A further stimulus to the constant increase of our stores of knowledge lies... | |
 | 1858 - 782 էջ
...he and they were regarded by mankind. " I know not," he remarked, a short time before his death, " what I may appear to the world ; but to myself I seem...ordinary, whilst the great ocean of truth lay all undiscovered before me." How touching is this sense of humility, and contrast of the littleness of... | |
 | Edmund Fillingham King - 1858 - 144 էջ
...may appear to the world, but to myself I seem to have been only like a boy playing on the sea shore, and diverting myself in now and then finding a smoother...ordinary, whilst the great ocean of truth lay all undiscovered before me." "He was generous and charitable" says Mr. Conduitt, "without bounds : he used... | |
 | Edmund Fillingham King - 1858 - 158 էջ
...may appear to the world, but to myself I seem to have been only like a boy playing on the sea shore, and diverting myself in now and then finding a smoother...ordinary, whilst the great ocean of truth lay all undiscovered before me." "He was generous and charitable" says Mr. Conduitt, "without bounds : he used... | |
 | Joseph SPENCE - 1858 - 488 էջ
...seem to the world, but, as to myself, I seem to have been only like a boy playing on the sea shore, and diverting myself in now and then finding a smoother...ordinary, whilst the great ocean of truth lay all undiscovered before me."t — R. * Additions from MS. B. reader the following beautiful passage from... | |
 | Joseph Spence - 1858 - 464 էջ
...seem to the world, but, as to myself, I seem to have been only like a boy playing on the sea shore, and diverting myself in now and then finding a smoother...ordinary, whilst the great ocean of truth lay all undiscovered before me."f — R. • Addition! from MS. B. reader the following beautiful passage from... | |
 | Oliver Prescott Hiller - 1858 - 482 էջ
...myself I seem to have been only like a boy playing on the sea-shore, and diverting myself with now and then finding a smoother pebble or a prettier shell...ordinary, whilst the great ocean of truth lay all unexplored before me." Turn we now to contemplate another stream from this great Fountain,—the sparkling... | |
 | Mary Ward - 1859 - 310 էջ
...is the view of the subject which has been taken by Pingre\ Lalande, and various astronomers of the to the world, but to myself I seem to have been only...ordinary, whilst the great ocean of truth lay all unexplored before me." present day. In this case the comet should have returned in 1848, if its motion... | |
 | Amédée Pichot - 1860 - 284 էջ
...floating on the stream, he has more conceit than I." The great Newton, a short time before his death, uttered this memorable sentiment : " I do not know...ordinary, whilst the great ocean of truth lay all undiscovered before me."* This reflection of Newton, like that of Charles Bell, belongs, it is true,... | |
 | John Timbs - 1860 - 332 էջ
...both he and they were regarded by mankind. "I know not," he remarked, a short time before his death, "what I may appear to the world; but to myself I seem...ordinary, whilst the great ocean of truth lay all undiscovered before me." How touching is this sense of humility, and contrast of the littleness of... | |
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I do not know what I may appear to the world ; but to myself I seem to have been only like a boy playing on the sea-shore, and diverting myself in now and then finding a smoother pebble or a prettier shell than ordinary, whilst the great ocean of truth... 
