...was endowed above other men! I keep, (said he,) my subject constantly before mer and wait patiently till the first dawnings open slowly by little and little into a full and clear light." What an encouragement is here to the attentive and inquisitive mind, and how much ought we to rub\up...

...rather than any extraordinary sagacity, which he was endowed with above other men. " 1 keep," says he " the subject constantly before me, and wait till...by little and little, into a full and clear light." Hence it is that we are able to account for the great abhorrence he had to disputing upon these points;...

...thought, than to any extraordinary sagacity. "I keep the subject constantly before me," said he, " and wait till the first dawnings open slowly, by little and little, into a full and clear light. It is said of him, that whenever he had any mathematical problems or solutions in his mind, he would...

...thought, rather than any extraordinary sagacity which he was endowed with above other men. " I keep the subject constantly before me, and wait till the first dawnings open slowly, but little and little, into a full and clear light." The readiness of his inventions made him not think...

...worthy of notice, it was owing to patient industry of thinking, rather than to extraordinary sagacity above other men. " I keep," said he, " the subject...by little and little, into a full and clear light," Unvarying and unwearied attention, indeed, to any object, will in time accomplish great things; but...

...worth notice was owing rather to a patience of thought, than to any extraordinary sagacity.' " I keep the subject constantly before me, and wait till the...by little and little, into a full and clear light." When engaged in any mathematical meditation, he would occasionally sit on the side of his bed halfdressed...

...myself in my researches to keep the subject constantly " before me, and wait, till the first davvnings open slowly, " by little and little, into a full and clear light." But that which reflects the highest honour on this great and good man is, that amidst all the consciousness...

...than to any native of superiority of mind ; for (added he) I accustom myself in my researches to keep the subject constantly before me, and wait till the...by little and little into a full and clear light." He told Dr. Pearce " that he had spent thirty years at intervals in reading over all the authors, or...

...attributing any thing to extraordinary ahilities, but all to patience and industry. He used to say, "I keep the subject constantly before me, and wait till the...by little and little, into a full and clear light. When involved in abstruse problems, he was wholly lost to the common concerns of life, and would go...

...extraordinary sagacity which he was endowed with above other men. " I keep the subject," says he, " constantly before me, and wait till the first dawnings open slowly, by little and little, into a clear light." There was, no doubt, a good deal of truth in this account of the way in which he made...