Aids and Incentives to the Acquisition of Knowledge: The Farewell Lecture Delivered on Retiring From the Professorship of Mathematics in the Royal ... Thursday, June 7, 1838 (Classic Reprint) - Softcover

Gregory, Olinthus

9781330593530: Aids and Incentives to the Acquisition of Knowledge: The Farewell Lecture Delivered on Retiring From the Professorship of Mathematics in the Royal ... Thursday, June 7, 1838 (Classic Reprint)

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Excerpt from Aids and Incentives to the Acquisition of Knowledge: The Farewell Lecture Delivered on Retiring From the Professorship of Mathematics in the Royal Military Academy, Thursday, June 7, 1838

I am not actuated by any narrow sentiments of exclu sive attachment to my own profession, when I affirm that mathematical and philosophical acquirements ought to rank high in your classification of the objects of mental research. The simple explication of the term philosophy, carries with it an evidence of its utility. It is the study of natural phenomena, or of phenomena artificially produced, in order to discover the forces which produce them, though not their hidden causes. In the production of these phenomena, bodies manifest various properties: and it is in investigating the laws which regulate the exercise of those properties, that we rise to the invention of theories, which serve to connect the facts one with another, to show their mutual depen dence, and enable us to make the powers of nature and. The works of art, subservient to the purposes of men. The Supreme Being has created a world for our use, and us, in a measure, for its enjoyment; but, in order that we may use it successfully, and enjoy it adequately, we must cultivate our own intellectual powers, and this depends upon ourselves. Be it remembered, too, as you go along, that knowledge is slow in its acquisition, because it does not depend upon our senses, which are quick, or upon our wishes, which are boundless; but upon the order in which we trace the phenomena nature exhibits to us; and these we must generally content ourselves with soliciting from her by experiment, and analyzing and arranging as she spontaneously presents. Them.

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Excerpt from Aids and Incentives to the Acquisition of Knowledge: The Farewell Lecture Delivered on Retiring From the Professorship of Mathematics in the Royal Military Academy, Thursday, June 7, 1838

In addressing you, Gentlemen, as I now do, for the last time, I shall, instead of giving a practical recapitulation of the scientific topics which have passed in succession before us during the Course now terminated, present to your consideration a few remarks with a view to stimulate the inquiries of those who have recently commenced their attendance in the Lecture Room, as well as to encourage the more enlarged and comprehensive researches of those who have tasted some of the pleasures and advantages of knowledge; and conclude with such directions as to mental exertion, culture, and discipline, as may not be inappropriate on this occasion.

The genuine object of all sound education is the development of the intellectual, the moral, and the bodily faculties of man; or, as it has been sometimes more tersely expressed, the improvement and application of head, heart, and limb. The system of education in the institution in which you have the honour to receive instruction, embraces all this.

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This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.

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