 | Forbes Benignus Winslow - Brain - 1860 - 618 pages
...would be the attempt to expand, discipline, and improve the intellect ! " The difference," says Sir \V. Hamilton, " between an ordinary mind and the mind...consists principally in this, that the one is capable of the application of a more continuous attention than the other ; that a Newton is able, without fatigue,... | |
 | American periodicals - 1861 - 606 pages
...power of memory ; or, which seems to be almost the samo faculty, their attention. "The dio'erence," says Sir William Hamilton, " between an ordinary mind...consists principally in this, that the one is capable of the application of a more continuous attention than the other — that a Newton is able without fatigue... | |
 | Fraternal organizations - 1862 - 542 pages
...another, and it is the parent of all creations and most discoveries ; and we ma; add, it is the morhid excess and indulgence of this quality which leads...Sir William Hamilton, between an ordinary mind and that of Newton, consists principally in this, that the ene it capable of a more continuous application... | |
 | Education - 1869 - 376 pages
...abundance, and afford an easier selection of what is suitable for illustration. And so the difference between an ordinary mind and the mind of Newton consists...this, that the one is capable of a more continuous attention than the other— that a Newton is able, without fatigue, to connect inference with inference... | |
 | William Mathews - Success - 1874 - 386 pages
...satisfied with its examination." It has been remarked by Sir William Hamilton that " the difference between an ordinary mind and the mind of Newton consists...this, that the one is capable of a more continuous attention than the other, — that a Newton is able, without fatigue, to connect inference with inference... | |
 | William Mathews - History - 1874 - 376 pages
...satisfied with its examination." It has been remarked by Sir William Hamilton that " the difference between an ordinary mind and the mind of Newton consists...this, that the one is capable of a more continuous attention than the other, — that a Newton is able, without fatigue, to connect inference with inference... | |
 | Andrew Wynter - Mentally ill - 1875 - 348 pages
...power of concentrating and prolonging the attention upon any one given point. It is the quality of mind which raises one man above another, and it is...Hamilton, " between an ordinary mind, and the mind of Sir Isaac Newton, consists principally in this, — that the one is capable of a more continuous application... | |
 | Andrew Wynter - Idiot asylums - 1875 - 330 pages
...power of concentrating and prolonging the attention upon any one given point. It is the quality of mind which raises one man above another, and it is...Hamilton, " between an ordinary mind, and the mind of Sir Isaac Newton, consists principally in this,—that the one is capable of a more continuous application... | |
 | Andrew Wynter, Joseph Mortimer Granville - Mental Disorders - 1877 - 336 pages
...which raises one man above another, and it is the parent of all " creations" and of most discoveries. We may add, it is the morbid excess and indulgence...Hamilton, " between an ordinary mind and the mind of Sir Isaac Newton, consists principally in this, — that the one is capable of a more continuous application... | |
 | Andrew Wynter - 1877 - 312 pages
...which raises one man above another, and it is the parent of all " creations" and of most discoveries. We may add, it is the morbid excess and indulgence...Hamilton, " between an ordinary mind and the mind of Sir Isaac Newton, consists principally in this, — that the one is capable of a more continuous application... | |
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The difference, says Sir William Hamilton, between an ordinary mind and the mind of Newton, consists principally in this, — that the one is capable of a more continuous... 
