...The passage quoted by Prince Leopold, was a remarkable one. Its first sentence was as follows : — " The study of the laws by which the Almighty governs the universe is our bounden duty." Prince Albert, in the passage so read by his son on this occasion, went on to show...

...tell me that the same genius would not take an incomparably higher flight, if supplied with all these means which knowledge can impart; or that common sense...may call them), as essential parts of our national education. The laws wbich regulate quantities and proportions, which form the subject of mathematics,...

...vulgar depreciation of scientific as contrasted with practical knowledge, Prince Albert said : — " The study of the laws by which the Almighty governs...may call them), as essential parts of our national education — the laws which regulate quantities and proportions, which form the subject of mathematics,...

...knowledge can impart — or that common sense does not become, in fact, only truly powerful when ¡n possession of the materials upon which judgment is...governs the universe is, therefore, our bounden duty. These laws are most important branches of knowledge — their study trains and elevates the mind. But...

...a speech delivered at Birmingham in November 1855, his Eoyal Highness is reported to have said:—" The study of the laws by which the Almighty governs the universe is our bounden duty. Of these laws our great academies and seats of education have, rather arbitrarily,...

...for science is eminently practical, and must be so, as she sees and knows what she is doing', whilst mere common practice is condemned to work in the dark,...may call them) as essential parts of our national education : the laws which regulate quantities and proportions, which form the subject of mathematics,...

...powers to obtain a known result. ' Far be it from me to undervalue the creative power of genius, or to to treat shrewd common sense as worthless without...may call them) as essential parts of our national education — the laws which regulate quantities and proportions, which form the subject of mathematics...

...Consort. to treat shrewd common sense as worthless without knowledge. But nobody will tell mo that tho same genius would not take an incomparably higher...therefore our bounden duty. Of these laws our great academics and scats of education have, rather arbitrarily, selected only two spheres or groups (as...

...of genius, or to treat shrewd common sense as worthless without knowledge. But nobody will tell mo that the same genius would not take an incomparably...the Almighty governs the .universe is therefore our boumlen duty. Of these laws our great academies and seats of education have, rather arbitrarily, selected...

...Birmingham, on laying the first stone of the Birmingham and Midland Institute, Nov. 22, 1855 : — "The study of the laws by which the Almighty governs...groups (as I may call them) as essential parts of onr national education — the laws which regulate quantities and proportions, which form the subject...