 It is of great use to the sailor to know the length of his line, though he cannot with it fathom all the depths of the ocean. It is well he knows that it is long enough to reach the bottom, at such places as are necessary to direct his voyage, and caution...  Practical Essays - Sayfa 57Alexander Bain tarafından - 1884 - 338 sayfaTam görünüm - Bu kitap hakkında
 | Samuel Cooper Thacher, David Phineas Adams, William Emerson - 1804 - 714 sayfa
...narrowness of our minds, if we will but employ them about what may be of use to us. 'Tis of great use to the sailor to know the length of his line, though he cannot with it fathom the depths of the ocean. 'Tis well he knows that it is long enough to reach the bottom,... | |
 | John Locke - 1805 - 554 sayfa
...thing, and disclaim all "knowledge, because some things are not to be understood. It is of great use to' the sailor, to know the length of his line, though he cannot with it fathom all the depths of the ocean. It is well he knows, that it is long enough to reach the... | |
 | John Locke - 1805 - 562 sayfa
...thing, and disclaim all knowledge, because some things are not to be understood. It is of great use to the sailor, to know the length of his line, though he cannot with it fathom all the depths of the ocean. It is well he knows, that it is long enough to reach the... | |
 | John Locke - 1815 - 454 sayfa
...thing, and disclaim all knowledge, because some things are not to be understood. It is of great use to the sailor, to know the length of his line, though he cannot with it fathom all the depths of the ocean. It is well he knows, that it is long enough to reach the... | |
 | Thomas Brown - 1822 - 552 sayfa
...thing, and disclaim all knowledge, because some things are not to be understood. It is of great use to the sailor, to know the length of his line, though he cannot with it fathom all the depths of the ocean. It is well he knows, that it is long enough to reach the... | |
 | 1854 - 718 sayfa
...proportioned, and where they fail us.' In the wellknown metaphor, he reminds us that ' it is of great use to the ' sailor to know the length of his line, though he cannot with ' it fathom all the depths of the ocean ; ' he tells us that ' if the ' capacities of our understanding... | |
 | John Locke - 1823 - 388 sayfa
...thing, and disclaim all knowledge, because some things are not to be understood. It is of great use to the sailor, to know the length of his line, though he cannot with it fathom all the depths of the ocean. It is well he knows, that it is long enough to reach the... | |
 | John Locke - 1824 - 552 sayfa
...thing, and disclaim all knowledge, because some things are not to be understood. It is of great us« to the sailor, to know the length of his line, though he cannot with it fathom all the depths of the ocean. It is well he knows, that it is long enough to reach the... | |
 | Thomas Brown - 1826 - 548 sayfa
...thing, and disclaim all knowledge, because some things are not to be understood. It is of great use to the sailor, to know the length of his line, though he cannot with it fathom all the depths of the ocean. It is well he knows, that it is long enough to reach the... | |
 | John Locke - 1828 - 390 sayfa
...thing, and disclaim all knowledge, because some things are not to be understood. It is of great use to the sailor, to know the length of his line, though he cannot with it fathom all the depths of the ocean. It is well he knows, that it is long enough to reach the... | |
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