Prince Albert's Golden Precepts: Or, The Opinions and Maxims of His Royal Highness the Prince ConsortS. Low, son, and Company, 1862 - 133 pages |
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... congress such as the one I am addressing , which has made it its especial task to produce this assimilation , and to place at the command of man the accumulated experience upon his own condition , scientifically elaborated and reduced ...
... congress such as the one I am addressing , which has made it its especial task to produce this assimilation , and to place at the command of man the accumulated experience upon his own condition , scientifically elaborated and reduced ...
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... Congress has been the common agreement of all states to inquire into the causes of every death , and to return the deaths from the same causes under synony- mous names , sanctioned by the Congress . It has in this instance set the ...
... Congress has been the common agreement of all states to inquire into the causes of every death , and to return the deaths from the same causes under synony- mous names , sanctioned by the Congress . It has in this instance set the ...
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... Congress took its origin , when delegates and visitors from all nations had assembled to exhibit in noble rivalry the products of their science , skill , and industry in the Great Exhibition of 1851 ; it is here that statistical science ...
... Congress took its origin , when delegates and visitors from all nations had assembled to exhibit in noble rivalry the products of their science , skill , and industry in the Great Exhibition of 1851 ; it is here that statistical science ...
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... regard to all ques- * This and the next paragraphs are from the address delivered before the International Statistical Congress , July 16 , 1860 . tions affecting the food of the people , this inquiry 87 AGRICULTURAL STATISTICS.
... regard to all ques- * This and the next paragraphs are from the address delivered before the International Statistical Congress , July 16 , 1860 . tions affecting the food of the people , this inquiry 87 AGRICULTURAL STATISTICS.
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... based , which common action must be effected if we are to make real progress . I know that this Congress can only suggest and recommend , and that it must ultimately rest with the different Governments to IMPORTANCE OF UNIFORMITY.
... based , which common action must be effected if we are to make real progress . I know that this Congress can only suggest and recommend , and that it must ultimately rest with the different Governments to IMPORTANCE OF UNIFORMITY.
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Page 1 - ... person ; but it is more peculiarly the duty of those who, under the blessing of Divine Providence, enjoy station, wealth, and education.
Page 44 - I conceive it to be the duty of every educated person closely to watch and study the time in which he lives, and, as far as in him lies, to add his humble mite of individual exertion to further the accomplishment of what he believes Providence to have ordained.
Page 2 - Let them be careful, however, to avoid any dictatorial interference with labour and employment, which frightens away capital, destroys that freedom of thought and independence of action which must remain to every one if he is to work out his own happiness, and impairs that confidence under which alone engagements for mutual benefit are possible.
Page 57 - The Exhibition of 1851 is to give us a true test and a living picture of the point of development at which the whole of mankind has arrived in this great task, and a new starting point from which all nations will be able to direct their further exertions.
Page 106 - ... all, can only embrace a comparatively short space of time, and a small number of experiments. From none of these causes can we hope for much progress ; for the mind, however ingenious, has no materials to work with, and remains in presence of phenomena, the causes of which are hidden from it. But...
Page 95 - Please to recollect that this species of bore is a most useful animal, well adapted for the ends for which Nature intended him. He alone, by constantly returning to the charge, and repealing the same truths and the same requests, succeeds in awakening attention to the cause which he advocates, and obtains that hearing which is granted him at last for self-protection, as the minor evil compared to his importunity, but which is requisite to make his cause understood.
Page 11 - The products of all quarters of the globe are placed at our disposal, and we have only to choose which is the best and the cheapest for our purposes, and the powers of production are intrusted to the stimulus of competition and capital.
Page 52 - ... the vast number of distinguished men who labour in her sacred cause, and whose achievements, while spreading innumerable benefits, justly attract the admiration of mankind, contrasted strongly in my mind with the consciousness of my own insignificance in this respect. I, a simple .admirer and would-be student of Science, to take the place of the chief and spokesman of the scientific men of the day, assembled in furtherance of their important objects !—the thing appeared to me impossible.
Page 15 - It was peculiar to him that in great things, as in small, all the difficulties and objections occurred to him ; first he would anxiously consider them, pause, and warn against rash resolutions ; but having convinced himself, after a long and careful investigation, that a step was not only right to be taken, but of the practical mode also of safely taking it, it became a necessity and a duty to him to take it ; all his caution and apparent timidity changed into courage and power of action, and at...
Page 7 - ... to know and worship Him, but endowed with the power of self-determination, having reason given him. for his guide. He can develop his faculties, place himself in harmony with his Divine prototype, and attain that happiness which is offered to him on earth, to be completed hereafter in entire union with Him through the mercy of Christ. But he can also leave these faculties unimproved, and miss his mission on earth. He will then sink to the level of the lower animals, forfeit happiness, and separate...