Thus their work, however imperfect and faulty, judged by modern lights, it may have been, brought them face to face with all the leading aspects of the many-sided mind of man. For these studies did really contain, at any rate in embryo, sometimes it may... old time makers of medicine - Page 378by james j. walsh - 1911Full view - About this book
| Thomas Henry Huxley - Automatism - 1886 - 350 pages
...to be a center of knowledge and culture ; not to be, in any sense, a technical school. The scholars seem to have studied Grammar, Logic, and Rhetoric...the many-sided mind of man. For these studies did reallv contain, at any rate in embryo — sometimes, it may be, in caricature — what we now call... | |
| Thomas Henry Huxley - Automatism - 1886 - 354 pages
...Geometry ; Astronomy : Theology; and Music. Tbus, their work, however imperfect and faulty, jndged by modern lights, it may have been, brought them face...leading aspects of the many-sided mind of man. For these stndies did reallv contain, at any rate in embryo — sometimes, it may be, in caricature — what... | |
| Henry Watson Fowler, Francis George Fowler - English language - 1906 - 392 pages
...compensate for the cruel jerking at the bit to which the poor reader is subjected by a remorseless driver. Thus, their work, however imperfect and faulty, judged...lights, it may have been, brought them face to face with . . .— HUXLEY. The comma after thus is nothing if not pompous. And another can be got rid of by putting... | |
| James Joseph Walsh - Civilization - 1907 - 650 pages
...Universities seem to have studied grammar, logic and rhetoric; arithmetic and geometry; astronomv, theology and music. Thus their work, however imperfect...modern lights, it may have been, brought them face to fact with all the leading aspects of the many-sided mind of man. For these studies did really contain,... | |
| Henry Watson Fowler, Francis George Fowler - English language - 1908 - 172 pages
...Jeannie, too, is, just occasionally, like a good girl out of a book by a sentimental lady-novelist. — T. Thus, their work, however imperfect and faulty, judged...lights, it may have been, brought them face to face with . . . — HUXLEY. Lilias suggested the advice which, of all others, seemed most suited to the occasion,... | |
| Henry Watson Fowler, Francis George Fowler - English - 1908 - 392 pages
...compensate for the cruel jerking at the bit to which the poor reader is subjected by a remorseless driver. Thus, their work, however imperfect and faulty, judged...lights, it may have been, brought them face to face with . . . — HUXLEY. The comma after thus is nothing if not pompous. And another can be got rid of by... | |
| James Joseph Walsh - Education - 1910 - 480 pages
...after discussing the subject with evident careful preparation, he said: " The scholars of the mediaeval universities seem to have studied grammar, logic and...have been, brought them face to face with all the lead-, ing aspects of the many-sided mind of man. For these studies did really contain, at any rate... | |
| James Joseph Walsh - Education - 1911 - 452 pages
...after discussing the subject with evident careful preparation, he said: " The scholars of the mediaeval universities seem to have studied grammar, logic and...leading aspects of the many-sided mind of man. For i these studies did really contain, at any rate in embryo, sometimes it may be in caricature, what... | |
| Encyclopedias and dictionaries - 1918 - 850 pages
...standpoint. Huxley ("Inaugural Address," Aberdeen) said that the work of these old institutions of learning "however imperfect and faulty judged by modern lights...them face to face with all the leading aspects of the many sided mind of man." He even went so far as to add "I doubt if the curriculum of any modern university... | |
| Henry Watson Fowler, Francis George Fowler - English language - 1918 - 398 pages
...compensate for the cruel jerking at the bit to which the poor reader is subjected by a remorseless driver. Thus, their work, however imperfect and faulty, judged by modern lights, it may have been, brought them fade to face with . . . — HUXLEY. The comma after thus is nothing if not pompous. And another can... | |
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