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And here we may be permitted to avail ourselves of this opportunity, as,
indeed, we feel compelled to do, to impress upon our correspondents
generally, the necessity of confining their communications within the
narrowest possible limits consistent with a satisfactory explanation of
the immediate objects of them. "He that questioneth much," says Bacon,
"shall learn much, and content much; but especially if he apply his
Questions to the skill of the Persons whom he asketh. For he shall give
them occasion to please themselves in speaking, and himself shall
continually gather knowledge. But let his Questions not be troublesome,
for that is fit for a Poser; and let him be sure _to leave other Men
their turn to speak_." What Bacon has said so wisely and so well, "OF
DISCOURSE," we would apply to our little Journal; and beg our kind
friends to remember, that our space is necessarily limited, and that,
therefore, in our eyes, Brevity will be as much the Soul of a
communication as it is said to be that of Wit.
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NOTES.
ROGER BACON: HINTS AND QUERIES FOR A NEW EDITION OF HIS WORKS.
Victor Cousin, who has been for many years engaged in researches on the
scholastic philosophy, with the view of collecting and publishing such
of its monuments as have escaped the diligence of scholars, or the
ravages of time, has lately made the discovery in the library at Douay
of a copy of an inedited MS.
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