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Article ON THE ADVANTAGES TO BE DERIVED FROM THE STUDY OF THE MATHEMATICS. ← Page 6 of 6 Article CHURCH PREFERMENT. Page 1 of 2 →
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On The Advantages To Be Derived From The Study Of The Mathematics.
the extent to which , in different situations , I think it \ v 5 j 1 ld be advisable to pursue the studies of those sciences , and likewise the best means of acquiring a knowledge of them . As people in the hig her orders of society , and those designed for the more liberal professions , such as the study of the law , medicine , or divinity , chiefly influence the opinions , and consequently occait becomes their
sion much of the happiness or misery of society , duty , in a peculiar degree , to acquire correct habits of thinking , and therefore they ought to pass through a regular course of the Mathematics ; in every situation particular attention should be paid to the different branches of those sciences , which either lead to , _ or are connected with , their own immediate objects of pursuit . What I have
before said of Architecture , I wish to have considered as applicable to other departments ; but as all men are sometimes obliged to make calculations , which are produced from Algebra , or universal Arithmetic , and Geometry ; so I think that every one who can afford the time and expence , should endeavour to acquire a competent knowledge of these two branches of science .
As to the best means of obtaining a knowledge of the Mathematics , I shall only observe , that a steady app lication to the works of the most approved authors , under the direction of a master who clearly understands the different subjects , and possesses the talent of imparting his information in a plain and simple manner , will certainly be the best mode of obtaining precise and determinate ideas in the various branches of the Mathematics .
Church Preferment.
CHURCH PREFERMENT .
ftr ^ HE following curious letter was written by Sir Hugh Dalrymple J [_ to Sir Laurence Dundas , in the month of May 1774 . Sir Hugh having discovered one of the most eloquent , sensible , and pathetic preachers he had ever heard ; upon enquiry finding him a very poor and innocent apostle , living upon twenty pounds a year , -with a wife and three children , wrote to Sir Laurence Dundas ; who , on
the receipt of the following letter , with his usual goodness and liberality , bestowed on the man of God a benefice of fifty pounds per annum . " My dear Sir Laurence , " Having spent a long time in the pursuit of pleasure and health , I am now retired from the world , in poverty and with the gout , so
joining with Solomon , that" all is vanity and vexation of spirit , " I go to church and sav my prayers ; and I assure you , that some of lis religious people reap some little satisfaction in hoping that you wealthy voluptuaries have every fair chance of being damned to all eternity hereafter ; and that Dives shall call out for water to Lazarus , a drop of which he seldom tasted , whilst he had the 12 apostles * in his cellar .
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On The Advantages To Be Derived From The Study Of The Mathematics.
the extent to which , in different situations , I think it \ v 5 j 1 ld be advisable to pursue the studies of those sciences , and likewise the best means of acquiring a knowledge of them . As people in the hig her orders of society , and those designed for the more liberal professions , such as the study of the law , medicine , or divinity , chiefly influence the opinions , and consequently occait becomes their
sion much of the happiness or misery of society , duty , in a peculiar degree , to acquire correct habits of thinking , and therefore they ought to pass through a regular course of the Mathematics ; in every situation particular attention should be paid to the different branches of those sciences , which either lead to , _ or are connected with , their own immediate objects of pursuit . What I have
before said of Architecture , I wish to have considered as applicable to other departments ; but as all men are sometimes obliged to make calculations , which are produced from Algebra , or universal Arithmetic , and Geometry ; so I think that every one who can afford the time and expence , should endeavour to acquire a competent knowledge of these two branches of science .
As to the best means of obtaining a knowledge of the Mathematics , I shall only observe , that a steady app lication to the works of the most approved authors , under the direction of a master who clearly understands the different subjects , and possesses the talent of imparting his information in a plain and simple manner , will certainly be the best mode of obtaining precise and determinate ideas in the various branches of the Mathematics .
Church Preferment.
CHURCH PREFERMENT .
ftr ^ HE following curious letter was written by Sir Hugh Dalrymple J [_ to Sir Laurence Dundas , in the month of May 1774 . Sir Hugh having discovered one of the most eloquent , sensible , and pathetic preachers he had ever heard ; upon enquiry finding him a very poor and innocent apostle , living upon twenty pounds a year , -with a wife and three children , wrote to Sir Laurence Dundas ; who , on
the receipt of the following letter , with his usual goodness and liberality , bestowed on the man of God a benefice of fifty pounds per annum . " My dear Sir Laurence , " Having spent a long time in the pursuit of pleasure and health , I am now retired from the world , in poverty and with the gout , so
joining with Solomon , that" all is vanity and vexation of spirit , " I go to church and sav my prayers ; and I assure you , that some of lis religious people reap some little satisfaction in hoping that you wealthy voluptuaries have every fair chance of being damned to all eternity hereafter ; and that Dives shall call out for water to Lazarus , a drop of which he seldom tasted , whilst he had the 12 apostles * in his cellar .