 | James Boswell - 1884 - 634 sivua
...contest, instantly started from his reverie, wheeled about and answered, " Sir, the reason is very plain. Knowledge is of two kinds. We know a subject ourselves,...or we know where we can find information upon it. When we inquire into any subject, the first thing we have to do is to know what books have treated... | |
 | Homer - 1884 - 500 sivua
...they are. The intelligent man knows that most things are not to be known, for, as Dr. Johnson said, "Knowledge is of two kinds: we know a subject ourselves,...or we know where we can find information upon it." The best minds are more like a card index than like a library. The ancient philosophers took pride... | |
 | Book-lover - 1884 - 530 sivua
...backs of books.' Johnson, ever ready for contest, instantly answered, 'Sir, the reason is very plain. Knowledge is of two kinds. We know a subject ourselves,...or we know where we can find information upon it. When we enquire into any subject, the first thing we have to do, is to know what books have treated... | |
 | 1884 - 532 sivua
...backs of books. ' Johnson, ever ready for contest, instantly answered, 'Sir, the reason is very plain. Knowledge is of two kinds. We know a subject ourselves,...or we know where we can find information upon it. When we enquire into any subject, the first thing we have to do, is to know what books have treated... | |
 | Johns Hopkins University - 1884 - 690 sivua
...will also prove of great practical value to teachers and pupils. " Knowledge," says Dr. Johnson, " is of two kinds. We know a subject ourselves, or we know where we can find information upon it." Professor Allen's views concerning the topical method of historical study are best represented by one... | |
 | Herbert Baxter Adams - 1884 - 152 sivua
...will also prove of great practical value to teachers and pupils. " Knowledge," says Dr. Johnson, " is of two kinds. We know a subject ourselves, or we know where we can find information upon it." Professor Allen's views concerning the topical method of historical study are best represented by one... | |
 | Florence Caddy - 1887 - 388 sivua
...would ransack, and eagerly scan the backs of the books; for the good reason Dr. Johnson gives us—' Knowledge is of two kinds. We know a subject ourselves,...or we know where we can find information upon it.' Linnasus here found out, to his surprise, that Le Vaillant was not actually the first to clearly see... | |
 | Florence Caddy - 1887 - 376 sivua
...would ransack, and eagerly scan the backs of the books ; for the good reason Dr. Johnson gives us—' Knowledge is of two kinds. We know a subject ourselves,...or we know where we can find information upon it.' Linnaeus here found out, to his surprise, that Le Vaillant was not actually the first to clearly see... | |
 | James Boswell - 1887 - 522 sivua
...contest, instantly started from his reverie, wheeled about, and answered, ' Sir, the reason is very plain. Knowledge is of two kinds. We know a subject ourselves,...or we know where we can find information upon it. When we enquire into any subject, the first thing we have to do is to know what books have treated... | |
 | Leslie Stephen - 1887 - 222 sivua
...books." " Sir," replied Johnson, wheeling about at the words, " the reason is very plain. Know ledge is of two kinds. We know a subject ourselves, or we know where we can find information upon it. When we inquire into any subject, the first thing we have to do is to know what books have treated... | |
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Knowledge is of two kinds. We know a subject ourselves, or we know where we can find information upon it. 
