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xxx The Prefatory Oration.
Nature out of her Concealments, and unfold her
dark Myfteries : That we delight our Eyes with
beautiful Images, cunningly imitate the Devices
and portray the Works of Nature ; imitate did I
fay ? nay excel, while we form to ourfelves Things
not in being, exhibit Things abfent, and reprefent
Things paft: That we recreate our Minds and delight our Ears with snelodious Sounds, attemperate
the inconftant Undulations of the Air to mufical
Tunes, add a pleafmt Voice to a faplefs Log and
draw a fweet Eloquence from a rigid Metal •, celebrate our Maker with an harmonious Praife, and
not unaptly imitate the bleffed Choirs of Heaven:
That we approach and examine the inacceffible Seats
of the Clouds, the diftant Tracts of Land, unfrequented Paths of the Sea •, lofty Tops of the Mountains, low Bottoms of the Valleys, and deep Gulphs
of the Ocean : That in Heart we advance to the
Saints themfelves above, yea draw thesn to us,
icale the etherial Towers, freely range through the
celestial Fields, meafure the Magnitudes, and determine the Interftices of the Stars, prefcribe inviolable Laws to the Heavens themfelves, and confine the wandering Circuits of the Stars within
ftrict Bounds : Laftly, that we comprehend the
huge Fabrick of the Univerfe, admire and contemplate the wonderful Beauty of the Divine
Workmanship, and fo learn the incredible Force
and Sagacity of our own Minds, by certain Experiments, as to acknowledge the Bleflings of Heaven with a pious Affection.
I omit the advantageous Spur to our Reafon
which accrues from this Mathematical Exercife,
both effectually to turn afide the Strokes of true
Arguments, and warily decline the Blows of falfe
ones •, to difpute ftrenuoufly as well as judge fo-
lidly with a Readsnefs of Invention, a Juitnefs of
Method, and Clearnels of Expreffion.
In
| Title | Usefulness of mathematical learning explained and demonstrated. |
| Alternative Title | The usefulness of mathematical learning explained and demonstrated, being mathematical lectures read in the publick schools at the University of Cambridge, by Isaac Barrow... To which is prefixed the oratorical preface of our learned author, spoke before the university on his being elected Lucasian professor of mathematics. Tr. by the Revd. Mr. John Kirkby. |
| Reference Title | Barrow, Isaac, 1734, Usefulness of mathematical learning. |
| Creator | Barrow, Isaac, 1630-1677 |
| Subject | Mathematics -- Philosophy |
| Publisher | London, S. Austen. |
| DateOriginal | 1734 |
| Format | JP2 |
| Extent | 31 cm. |
| Identifier | 1135 |
| Call Number | QA7.B3 1734 |
| Language | English |
| Collection | History of Mathematics |
| Rights | http://www.lindahall.org/imagerepro/ |
| Data contributor | Linda Hall Library, LHL Digital Collections. |
| Type | Image |
| Title | Prefatory oration. Page xxx. |
| Format | tiff |
| Identifier | 1135_036 |
| Relation-Is part of | Is part of : The usefulness of mathematical learning explained and demonstrated, being mathematical lectures read in the publick schools at the University of Cambridge, by Isaac Barrow... To which is prefixed the oratorical preface of our learned author, spoke before the university on his being elected Lucasian professor of mathematics. Tr. by the Revd. Mr. John Kirkby. |
| Rights | http://www.lindahall.org/imagerepro/ |
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| OCR transcript | xxx The Prefatory Oration. Nature out of her Concealments, and unfold her dark Myfteries : That we delight our Eyes with beautiful Images, cunningly imitate the Devices and portray the Works of Nature ; imitate did I fay ? nay excel, while we form to ourfelves Things not in being, exhibit Things abfent, and reprefent Things paft: That we recreate our Minds and delight our Ears with snelodious Sounds, attemperate the inconftant Undulations of the Air to mufical Tunes, add a pleafmt Voice to a faplefs Log and draw a fweet Eloquence from a rigid Metal •, celebrate our Maker with an harmonious Praife, and not unaptly imitate the bleffed Choirs of Heaven: That we approach and examine the inacceffible Seats of the Clouds, the diftant Tracts of Land, unfrequented Paths of the Sea •, lofty Tops of the Mountains, low Bottoms of the Valleys, and deep Gulphs of the Ocean : That in Heart we advance to the Saints themfelves above, yea draw thesn to us, icale the etherial Towers, freely range through the celestial Fields, meafure the Magnitudes, and determine the Interftices of the Stars, prefcribe inviolable Laws to the Heavens themfelves, and confine the wandering Circuits of the Stars within ftrict Bounds : Laftly, that we comprehend the huge Fabrick of the Univerfe, admire and contemplate the wonderful Beauty of the Divine Workmanship, and fo learn the incredible Force and Sagacity of our own Minds, by certain Experiments, as to acknowledge the Bleflings of Heaven with a pious Affection. I omit the advantageous Spur to our Reafon which accrues from this Mathematical Exercife, both effectually to turn afide the Strokes of true Arguments, and warily decline the Blows of falfe ones •, to difpute ftrenuoufly as well as judge fo- lidly with a Readsnefs of Invention, a Juitnefs of Method, and Clearnels of Expreffion. In |
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