...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 the...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...

...patience of 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...

...done worth notice was owing rather to a patience of thought, than to any extraordinary sagacity.' " I keep the subject constantly before me, and wait...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...

...industry of thinking, rather than to extraordinary sagacity above other men. " I keep," said he, " the subject constantly before me ; and wait till the...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...

...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...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...

...' If I have any superiority over other men, it is due to nothing but industry and patient thought. I keep the subject constantly before me and wait till...by little and little, into a full and clear light.' You told me how much you had profited by this method of study, and I hare myself more than once, experienced...

...thought, than to natural quickness of intellect. " I keep the subject constantly before me," said he, " and wait till the first dawnings open slowly, by little and little, into a clear light." t ; Locke and Newton were possessed of preeminent abilities ; but when we hear them state...