 | Henry Hallam - 1839 - 428 стор.
...begins by observing, " though ingenious, compared with the invention of letters, is no great matter But the most noble and profitable invention of all others, was that of speech, consisting of names or appellations, and their connexion, whereby men register their thoughts, recall... | |
 | Sir William Lawrence - 1848 - 472 стор.
...fallen into weakness and obscurity."* Man has made tools for assisting his labour; and hence FRANKLIN sagaciously defined him a " tool-making animal :"...nor society, no more than amongst lions, bears, and wolves. "-f- This is a most important characteristic of man, since it is not born with him, like the... | |
 | John Holmes Agnew, Walter Hilliard Bidwell - 1848 - 610 стор.
...register their thoughls ; recall them when they are past ; and also declare them to one another fur mutual utility and conversation ; without which there...been amongst men, neither commonwealth nor society, nor contract, nor peace, no more than amongst lions, bears, and wolves. The first author of speech... | |
 | 1854 - 492 стор.
...connection; whereby men register their thoughts, recall them when they are past, and also declare them one to another for mutual utility and conversation...been amongst men neither commonwealth nor society, nor contact, nor peace, no more than among lions, bears, and wolves. The first author of speech was... | |
 | Henry Hallam - 1854 - 620 стор.
...begins by observing, " though ingenious, compared with the invention of letters, is no great matter But the most noble and profitable invention of all others was that of speech, consisting of names or appellations, and their connexion, whereby men register their thoughts, recall... | |
 | Samuel Phillips Day - 1858 - 490 стор.
...decrease the power of doing evil among criminals, we must all feel satisfied that a blind bad man is * The most noble and profitable invention of all others...nor society, no more than amongst lions, bears, and wolves.—Cuvier. more impotent for harm than a dumb one. But the main object of all forms of prison... | |
 | Johann Friedrich Blumenbach, Thomas Bendyshe - 1865 - 638 стор.
...accurate Sussmilch still doubts in our days); "the most noble and profitable invention of all other was that of speech, whereby men declare their thoughts...nor society, no more than amongst lions, bears and wolves." — Leviathan, p. it, ed. 1651. ' Nov. Comment. A md. Scienti. Petropolit. T. II. p. 353.... | |
 | Henry Allon - 1847 - 586 стор.
...connexion; whereby men register their thoughts; recal them when they are past; and also declare them one to another for mutual utility and conversation;...been amongst men, neither commonwealth, nor society, nor contract, nor peace, no more than amongst lions, bears, and wolves. The first author of speech... | |
 | James Baldwin - 1883 - 612 стор.
...of printing, though ingenious, compared with the invention of letters, is no great matter. . . . But the most noble and profitable invention of all others was that of speech, consisting of names or appellations, and their connection, whereby men register their thoughts, recall... | |
 | Thomas Hobbes - 1889 - 932 стор.
...connection; whereby men register their thoughts ; recall them when they are past ; and also declare them one to another for mutual utility and conversation...been amongst men, neither commonwealth, nor society, nor contract, nor peace, no more than amongst lions, bears, and wolves. The first author of "speech... | |
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SPEECH, consisting of names or appellations, and their connexion; whereby men register their thoughts; recall them when they are past; and also declare them one to another for mutual utility and conversation; without which, there had been amongst men,... 
