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" Just so it is in the mind, would you have a man reason well, you must use him to it betimes, exercise his mind in observing the connexion of ideas, and following them in train. Nothing does this better than Mathematics, which therefore I think should... "
Letters to the Hon. William Prescott, LL.D., on the Free Schools of New ... - Page 89
by James Gordon Carter - 1824 - 123 pages
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John Locke - Commonplace-books - 1706 - 352 pages
...you muft ufe him to it betimes, exercife his Mind in obfervingthe Connection of Ideas and followr ing them in train, Nothing does this better than Mathematicks , which therefore I think fhould be taught all thofe who have the time and opportunity, not fo much to make them Mathematicians,...
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Sir Isaac Newton's Two Treatises: Of the Quadrature of Curves, and Analysis ...

Isaac Newton - Calculus - 1745 - 524 pages
...have a Man reafon well, you muft ufe him to it betimes, exercife his Mind in obferving the Connection of Ideas, and following them in train. Nothing does...better than Mathematicks ; which therefore, I think, fhould be taught all thofe, who have the Time and Opportunity, not fo much to make them Mathematicians,...
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The Elements of Logick: In Four Books ... Design'd Particularly for Young ...

William Duncan - Logic - 1748 - 380 pages
...Man reafon well, you muft ufe him to it be" times, exercife his Mind in observing the Con** neclion of Ideas, and following them in train. " Nothing does this better than Mathematicks, " which there fore I think ihould be taught all thofe, '* who have the Time and Opportunity, not fo ";-much...
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Miscellanea Curiosa Mathematica: Or, The Literary Correspondence ..., Volume 1

Francis Holliday - Mathematics - 1749 - 360 pages
...judicious Mr Locke. Would you have a man reafon well, fays he, you muft exercife his. mind in obferving the connexion of ideas, and following them in train. Nothing does this better than mathematics, which therefore, I diink, mould be taught all thofe who have time and opportunity ; not...
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A New Introduction to the Mathematicks: Being Essays on Vulgar and Decimal ...

Benjamin Donne - Algebra - 1758 - 428 pages
...have a Man reafon, you muft " ufe him to it betimes, exercife his Mind in obferving the Con" neftion of Ideas, and following them in Train. Nothing does " this better than Mathematics; whiph theiefore I think ihould " be taught all thofe, who have Time an,d Opportunity ;...
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The Preceptor: Containing a General Course of Education. Wherein ..., Volume 2

Robert Dodsley - Education - 1758 - 586 pages
...reafon well, you *' muft ufc him to it betimes, exercsfe his Mind in obferving •" the Connection of Ideas, and following them in train. " Nothing does this better than Mathematics, which therc*' fore I think fhould be taught all thofe, who have the Time *' and Opportunity,...
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The preceptor: containing a general course of education [ed. by R. Dodsley].

Preceptor - 1758 - 590 pages
...Man reafon well, you *' muft ufe him to it betimes, exercife his Mind in obferving " the Connection of Ideas, and following them in train. " Nothing does this better than Mathematics, which there*' fore I think fhould be taught all thofe, who have the Time " and Opportunity,...
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The Elements of Logick: In Four Books

William Duncan - Logic - 1770 - 380 pages
...Man reafon well, you muft ufe him to " it betimes, exercife his Mind in obferving the * l Connection of Ideas, and following them in " train.. Nothing does this better than Mathe« maticks ; which, therefore I think fhould be " taught all thofe,. who have the Time and Op«'...
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An Essay Concerning Human Understanding, Volume 2

John Locke - Knowledge, Theory of - 1796 - 554 pages
...; would you have a man reafon well, you muft ufe him to it betimes, exercife his mind in obferving the connexion of ideas, and following them in train. Nothing does this better than mathematics ; which, therefore, I think mould be taught all thofe who have • the time and opportunity...
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An essay on mechanical geometry, explanatory of a set of models

Benjamin Donne - 1796 - 120 pages
...in Engli/h, to peilcft his ftyle in the purity of our language. Be fure not to let your foa ne&ion of ideas, and following them in train. Nothing does this better than the mathematics ; which therefore, I think, fhould be taught all thofe who have time and opportunity,...
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