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On The Study Of The Arts And Sciences.
ON THE STUDY OF THE ARTS AND SCIENCES .
FOR THE FREEMASON ' S MAGAZINE ,
Content of spirit must from science flow ; For 'tis a godlike attribute to know .- PRIOR . desire of knowled is lanted in every human breast
THE ge p , it is as natural to us as reason ; it exerts itself with force and vivacity through every stage of life , and the mind seizes , with a peculiar eagerness , on every object presented to it . _ And were the mind employed upon subjects equally qualified to fill it with pleasure and instructive ideas , we mig ht receive all the benefits this happy disposition is able to produce
. This double advantage is to be attained in full perfection by the study of the sciences ; they are fully qualified to please and instruct , because they abound with harmony and contrivance . . They effectually exercise , not vainly delude , nor vexatiously torment the mind with obscure subtilties , perplexed difficulties , or contentious disquisitionsbut without oppositiontriumph without
; conquer , pomp , compel without force , and rule absolutely without the loss of liberty . The sciences being founded on unshaken principles , and agreeable to experience , are the fruitful parents of all arts , and the inexhaustible fountain of advantage to human affairs . Hence
it is that we derive the principal delig hts of life , securities of health , increase of fortune , and conveniencies of labour : That we dwell elegantly and commodiously , build decent houses for ourselves , erect stately temples to God , and leave wonderful monuments to posterity : That we are protected by ramparts from the incursions of the enemy , rightly use arms , artfully manage war , and skilfully traffic h the deceitful
range an army : That we have safe throug billows , pass in a direct road through the pathless ocean , and arrive at the desired pons , by the uncertain impulse of the wind : That > ve rightly cast up our accounts , dp business expeditiously , calculate scattered ranks of numbers , and easily compute them , though expressive of hills of sand , nay immense mountains of atoms : That examine the
We make pacific separations of the boundaries of lands , momentums of weight in an equal balance , and distribute to every one his own by a just measure : That with a lig ht touch we thrust forward bodies , and stop huge resistances with a very small force That we accurately delineate thej face of this earthly orb , and subject the oeconomy of the universe to our sig ht : That we aptly digest the flowing series of time , distinguish what is acted by due in-
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On The Study Of The Arts And Sciences.
ON THE STUDY OF THE ARTS AND SCIENCES .
FOR THE FREEMASON ' S MAGAZINE ,
Content of spirit must from science flow ; For 'tis a godlike attribute to know .- PRIOR . desire of knowled is lanted in every human breast
THE ge p , it is as natural to us as reason ; it exerts itself with force and vivacity through every stage of life , and the mind seizes , with a peculiar eagerness , on every object presented to it . _ And were the mind employed upon subjects equally qualified to fill it with pleasure and instructive ideas , we mig ht receive all the benefits this happy disposition is able to produce
. This double advantage is to be attained in full perfection by the study of the sciences ; they are fully qualified to please and instruct , because they abound with harmony and contrivance . . They effectually exercise , not vainly delude , nor vexatiously torment the mind with obscure subtilties , perplexed difficulties , or contentious disquisitionsbut without oppositiontriumph without
; conquer , pomp , compel without force , and rule absolutely without the loss of liberty . The sciences being founded on unshaken principles , and agreeable to experience , are the fruitful parents of all arts , and the inexhaustible fountain of advantage to human affairs . Hence
it is that we derive the principal delig hts of life , securities of health , increase of fortune , and conveniencies of labour : That we dwell elegantly and commodiously , build decent houses for ourselves , erect stately temples to God , and leave wonderful monuments to posterity : That we are protected by ramparts from the incursions of the enemy , rightly use arms , artfully manage war , and skilfully traffic h the deceitful
range an army : That we have safe throug billows , pass in a direct road through the pathless ocean , and arrive at the desired pons , by the uncertain impulse of the wind : That > ve rightly cast up our accounts , dp business expeditiously , calculate scattered ranks of numbers , and easily compute them , though expressive of hills of sand , nay immense mountains of atoms : That examine the
We make pacific separations of the boundaries of lands , momentums of weight in an equal balance , and distribute to every one his own by a just measure : That with a lig ht touch we thrust forward bodies , and stop huge resistances with a very small force That we accurately delineate thej face of this earthly orb , and subject the oeconomy of the universe to our sig ht : That we aptly digest the flowing series of time , distinguish what is acted by due in-