...of the grandeur of the MIND, and in showing the duty of cultivating it. " On earth," says Pascal, " there is nothing great but man —in man there is nothing great but mind." Its health consists in the development, harmony, and activity of its powers, and depends on knowledge....

...notes to Reid's Works, vol. ip 217, 1872, he recites: <: 'On earth,' says a forgotten philosopher, ' there is nothing great but Man ; in Man there is nothing great but Mind.' " Who is the forgotten philosopher î JH "SOFT WORDS BUTTER NO PARSNIPS."—A friend writes to ask...

...action we perform. " In nature," said a forgotten philosopher,—quoted by Sir William Hamilton,—" there is nothing great but man; in man there is nothing great but mind."t But this human mind, albeit immaterial, may become obscured by disease: it may pass into a...

...development of the people : for we accept as true the motto of the illustrious Scotch philosopher, — " On earth there is nothing great but man ; In man there is nothing great but mind." We have occasion to record, since the last Report of the Council, the death of only one among our associates....

...comcourse of atoms. But this is only the beginning of its difficulty. Man is the wonder of creation. " In earth there is nothing great but man, in man there is nothing great but mind." Such, however, is not the doctrine of the atheist. He must rob the mind of every thing that makes it...

...man in His own image." The same truth is classically expressed in the memorial words —" In nature there is nothing great but man ; in man there is nothing great but mind." According to this view, man, while in the very fact of his present existence a product of nature, is...

...man in His own image." The same truth is classically expressed in the memorial words —" In nature there is nothing great but man ; in man there is nothing great but mind." According to this view, man, while in the very fact of his present existence a product of nature, is...

...fundamental truth to be held by, and fruitful of all noble consequences when consistently applied. " ON EARTH THERE is NOTHING GREAT BUT MAN; IN MAN THERE is NOTHING GREAT BUT MIND," is a sentence which the late Sir William Hamilton considered of sufficient significancy to paint in...

...Mind;" and Sir William Hamilton's well known motto, prefixed to his edition of Reid's works, was, " On earth there is nothing great but Man; in Man there is nothing great but Mind." Pervaded with the good impression these passages convey, and remembering with Fenelon that, though...

...and most interesting of all studies;" it is Philosophy par excellence. " On earth (says Phavorinus) there is nothing great but man; in man, there is nothing great but mind." Chilon asks of the oracle what is of all things the best?—"To know thyself" is the response. "The...