...fly from pernicious examples. Your ftate is very well defcribed by the Author of Ecclefiafticus : " How can he get wifdom that '' holdeth the plough,...goad, *' that driveth oxen, and is occupied in their la*' bours, and whofe talk is of bullocks ? He giveth te his mind to make furrows : and is diligent...

...dom of a learned man come.th by opportunity of leifnre : " and he tfyat hath little bufinefs fhall become wife." — " How " can he get wifdom that holdeth the plough, and that glo" rieth in the goad ; that driveth oxen ; and is occupied in ' ' their labours ; and whofe talk...

...himfelf either much en* lightened or much improved by them. How mould be get wifdom from fuch fources " that " holdeth the plough, and that glorieth in the " goad ; that driveth oxen, and is occupied in *i their labours ; that giveth his mind to make " furrows, and is diligent to give the kine " fodder...

...opportunity of leisure : and he that hath little business shall become wise. " How can he get wisdom that holdeth the plough, and that glorieth in the goad ; that driveth oxen, and k occupied in their labours, and whose talk is of bullocks ? " He giveth his mind to make furrows :...

...opportunity of leisure : and he that hath little business shall become wise. How can he get wisdom that holdeth the plough) and that glorieth in the goad ; that driveth oxenj and is occupied in their labours; and whose talk is of bullocks ?" The whole of this chapter,...

...together, is well worthy of notice. It is in chap, xxxviii., and begins as follows: "How can he get wisdom that holdeth the plough, and that glorieth in the goad, that driveth oxen, and is occupied in their labors, and whose talk is of bullocks ? He giveth his mind to make furrows, and is diligent to give...

...and they shall not be found where parables are spoken. How can he get wisdom that holdeth the plough, that glorieth in the goad, that driveth oxen and is occupied in their labors, and whose talk is of bullocks?" Lycurgus, more than two thousand years ago, in his celebrated...

...leisure ; and " he that is less in action shall receive wisdom. With what " wisdom shall he be furnished that holdeth the plough and " that glorieth in the goad; that driveth the oxen there" with and is occupied in their labours and his whole talk is " about the offspring of...

...opportunity of leisure ; and he that hath little business shall become wise. How can he get wisdom that holdeth the plough, and that glorieth in the goad, that driveth oxen, and is occupied in their labors, and whose talk is of bullocks ? He giveth his mind to make furrows ; and is diligent to give...

...Though it may be Pharisaical now, yet I quote boldly the wisdom of Jurusalem, " He cannot get wisdom that holdeth the plough, and that glorieth in the...goad ; that driveth oxen ; and is occupied in their labors ; he cannot' declare justice or judgment."* But the Dignity of Learning has a high place in...