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On The Study Of Natural Philosophy.
perplexed a study , as it is recommended in the professed treatises on that subject . Logic may undoubtedly be called , with propriety , the syntax of philosophy ; but no man ever made himself master of a language-, merely by acquiring the completes ! knowledge of the rules of grammar : and , indeed , the study of these rules is extremely barren and disgusting , unattended with the opportunities of applying them . _
A general knowledge of logical rules , and a particular attention to them when their application is necessary , will be sufficient for the p hilosophical student ; and , though he may make many blnndersin his way , for want of being an adept in the art of ratiocination , he will find science so great an improver of sense , that if he pays the same regard to the manner in which he acquires and expresses his ideas , as he does to those ideas when acquired , he will , at the same time , become both a logician and philosopher . ' W . T .
Character Of Regulus.
CHARACTER OF REGULUS .
[ from . "R OMAN CONVERSATIONS . " ]
REGULUS lived at ' a time when the power of Rome v . as risen to a great height , when she was sovereign of Italy , and . successfully strugg ling with Carthage for the dominion of all the nei ghbouring islands and seas . As consul , he , in conjunction with Manlius , commanded that vast Roman fleet , which had on board near five times the number of soldiers and mariners which filled the famous Spanifh
armada . With this fleet he attacked the Carthaginians , who were superior both in number and skill : he defeated them by mere force of valour , and then disembarking on the coasts of Afric , he defeated their land forces also ; he made himself master of two hundred of their towns , and of two hundred thousand captives ; he advanced even to the city of Tunis , which is but'fifteen miles diftant from the ¦
gates of Carthage itself . ' In the midst of this success and power , he shewed himself ( in some particulars at least ) superior to all this flow of fortune . For , in the midst of this hig h exaltation , he petitioned the Roman senate for leave to return home , giving this humble and most amiable reason for that his request ; viz . Because , during his long absence , his private estatewhich was no more than fourteen acres of land ( so
, small was the property with which so great and powerful a commander was contented ) , lay neglected . and uncultivated , and his wife and children , who had no other support , were thus reduced to great distress . The Roman senate answered this petition , according to the same spirit of those times ; not bestowing on him the spoil of any of the conquered citiesnor even any part of the contributions raised on
, the fertile provinces of that opulent region ; but only assurin g him ( as a sufficient encouragement for one who laboured only for the service and defence of his country ) that if he would continue his labours for the public , his family should be supported , and his little field cultivated at the public charge .
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On The Study Of Natural Philosophy.
perplexed a study , as it is recommended in the professed treatises on that subject . Logic may undoubtedly be called , with propriety , the syntax of philosophy ; but no man ever made himself master of a language-, merely by acquiring the completes ! knowledge of the rules of grammar : and , indeed , the study of these rules is extremely barren and disgusting , unattended with the opportunities of applying them . _
A general knowledge of logical rules , and a particular attention to them when their application is necessary , will be sufficient for the p hilosophical student ; and , though he may make many blnndersin his way , for want of being an adept in the art of ratiocination , he will find science so great an improver of sense , that if he pays the same regard to the manner in which he acquires and expresses his ideas , as he does to those ideas when acquired , he will , at the same time , become both a logician and philosopher . ' W . T .
Character Of Regulus.
CHARACTER OF REGULUS .
[ from . "R OMAN CONVERSATIONS . " ]
REGULUS lived at ' a time when the power of Rome v . as risen to a great height , when she was sovereign of Italy , and . successfully strugg ling with Carthage for the dominion of all the nei ghbouring islands and seas . As consul , he , in conjunction with Manlius , commanded that vast Roman fleet , which had on board near five times the number of soldiers and mariners which filled the famous Spanifh
armada . With this fleet he attacked the Carthaginians , who were superior both in number and skill : he defeated them by mere force of valour , and then disembarking on the coasts of Afric , he defeated their land forces also ; he made himself master of two hundred of their towns , and of two hundred thousand captives ; he advanced even to the city of Tunis , which is but'fifteen miles diftant from the ¦
gates of Carthage itself . ' In the midst of this success and power , he shewed himself ( in some particulars at least ) superior to all this flow of fortune . For , in the midst of this hig h exaltation , he petitioned the Roman senate for leave to return home , giving this humble and most amiable reason for that his request ; viz . Because , during his long absence , his private estatewhich was no more than fourteen acres of land ( so
, small was the property with which so great and powerful a commander was contented ) , lay neglected . and uncultivated , and his wife and children , who had no other support , were thus reduced to great distress . The Roman senate answered this petition , according to the same spirit of those times ; not bestowing on him the spoil of any of the conquered citiesnor even any part of the contributions raised on
, the fertile provinces of that opulent region ; but only assurin g him ( as a sufficient encouragement for one who laboured only for the service and defence of his country ) that if he would continue his labours for the public , his family should be supported , and his little field cultivated at the public charge .