NO V I M ORGANUM. 



edncationeni et conversationent cum alii*; vel propter 

 leetionem librorum, et auctoritates eorum cpios quisque 

 colit et miratur; vel propter difterentias impressionum, 

 prout oiTtimmt in anhno privoccupato et pnudisposito, 

 aut in animo a-quo et sedato, vel ejusmodi : ut plane 

 sjiiritus Inimaims (prout di^ponitur in Mominibus sin- 

 o lilis) sil re* varia, et oinnino perturbata, et quasi 

 iortuita. I mle bene I leraclitus , homines scientias 

 qnaTere in niinoribns mnndis, et nmi in majore sive 



co minimi. 



XLIII. 



Snnt. etiam ulnln tancpiam ex eontraetu et societatc 

 hninani u encri* a&amp;lt;l invieein. &amp;lt;|u;e i&amp;lt;fol&amp;lt;t Jon, jtropter 

 lioniinuin coninierciiun et consortium, appellanms&quot;. 



where &quot; each man s particular I hi 1 - Are. are some line lines by Cole- 

 moil, or siduein^ familiar spirit.&quot; ridge upon thi&amp;lt; thuiight ot the 

 In the i&amp;gt;t ed. of Southey s Joan of Cave, 



&quot; \\ e in this low world 



Placed with our hacks to bright Reality, 



That we may learn with young unwonted ken 



Things from their shadows. Know thyself my Soul ! 



Conlirm d thy strength, thy pinions Hedged for flight. 



Bursting this shell, and leaving next thy nest. 



Soon upward soaring shall thou fix intense 



Thine eaglet eye on Heaven s eternal Sun !&quot; 



4:1 1 leraclitus the obscure flourish- ing from the faulty use of language 

 ed about B.C.,-,oo. He was an Kphe- in our intercourse with one another. 



sian.and so is usually classed with the 

 loniaus, though his views weie more 

 like those of the Kleatic school, lie 

 made I ire the lirst ground of things; 

 declared that there was no stability 



Words, the &quot; notioniiin tessera-,&quot; 

 heinif analogous to money in the 

 maiket-place. ) We. have already 

 touched on language, 1. 14, and its 

 reaction on thought. The faulty use 



in nature; and worked in with this of terms is the greatest difficulty in 



contempt of the evidences of the all investigations. Mathematics and 



senses a contempt of man (n^XoXoi- Chemistry have made their progress 



fio[&amp;gt;cis), of which the saying here re- by building up a new nomenclature, 



ferred to is an instance. The senti- It is a question how far Bacon is 



ment tl.at the Macrocosm might he right in retaining the language of 



fully learnt from the Microcosm was the Ancients out of a love of peace, 



a favourite with Paracelsus. 1 ioin a dread of this Idolon, men 



-&quot; Itlo/ii For/. Prejudices spring- have thought of establishing an en- 



