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  • For in these it holdeth ars inveniendi adolescit cum inventis; for as in going of a way, we do not only gain that part of the way which is passed, but we gain the better sight of that part of the way which remaineth, so every degree of proceeding in a science giveth a light to that which followeth; which light, if we strengthen by drawing it forth into questions or places of inquiry, we do greatly advance our pursuit.

    The Advancement of Learning 2003

  • [1433] impugnari quidem saepenumero multisque modis ac debilitari potest, non ita tamen quin victrix evadat; [1434] et quidem in multis ad plenum usque certitudinem per Christum adolescit, [1435] qui fidei nostrae idem author est et consummator.

    The Creeds of the Evangelical Protestant Churches. 1889

  • For in these it holdeth ars inveniendi adolescit cum inventis; for as in going of a way, we do not only gain that part of the way which is passed, but we gain the better sight of that part of the way which remaineth, so every degree of proceeding in a science giveth a light to that which followeth; which light, if we strengthen by drawing it forth into questions or places of inquiry, we do greatly advance our pursuit.

    The Advancement of Learning Francis Bacon 1593

  • Caro spiritu instructa nutritur, adolescit, adfatur, docet, operatur et Christus est. "

    History of Dogma, Volume 2 (of 7) Adolph Harnack 1890

  • Danube.] [Footnote 94: Immanis enim natio, jam inde ab incunabulis primis varietate casuum imminuta; ita saepius adolescit, ut fuisse longis saeculis aestimetur intacta.

    History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire — Volume 2 Edward Gibbon 1765

  • Romans were ignorant of the sources of the Danube.] 94 Immanis enim natio, jam inde ab incunabulis primis varietate casuum imminuta; ita saepius adolescit, ut fuisse longis saeculis aestimetur intacta.

    The History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire 1206

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