...minds over the gross and illiterate." I venture to quote three verses : "The wisdom of a learned man cometh by opportunity of leisure: and he that hath...business shall become wise. "How can he get wisdom that holdeth the plough, and that glorieth in the goad, that driveth oxen, and is occupied in their...

...there is one Wisdom for the Busy, and another for the Man of Leisure. "The wisdom of a learned man cometh by opportunity of ' ' leisure, and he that hath little business shall become wise. ;1 " How can he get wisdom that holdeth the plough, and that " glorieth in the goad, that driveth oxen,...

...qualify them for so complicated and difficult an undertaking. " The wisdom of a learned man comes through opportunity of leisure; and he that hath little business shall become wise." \ * Morley, "Rousseau." t Burke's " Reflections on French Revolution." It is not then to be expected...

...departeth from him. XV The Wisdom of Business and the Wisdom of Leisure An Essay The wisdom of the scribe cometh by opportunity of leisure ; and he that hath little business shall become wise. How shall he become wise that holdeth the plow, that glorieth in the shaft of the goad, that driveth oxen,...

...the men of intelligence and cultivated leisure? We have high authority for saying that " Wisdom . . . cometh by opportunity of leisure, and he that hath little business shall become wise." How many do we know, any of us, who, in the maturity of their faculties, are willing — we will not say...

...departeth from him. XV The Wisdom of Business and the Wisdom of Leisure An Essay The wisdom of the scribe cometh by opportunity of leisure ; and he that hath little business shall become K 129 wise. How shall he become wise that holdeth the plow, that glorieth in the shaft of the goad,...

...departeth from him. XV The Wisdom of Business and the Wisdom of Leisure An Essay The wisdom of the scribe cometh by opportunity of leisure ; and he that hath little business shall become K 129 wise. How shall he become wise that holdeth the plow, that glorieth in the shaft of the goad,...

...South's profile must still give us pause before the question of Sirach of old: The wisdom of the scribes cometh by opportunity of leisure; And he that hath little business shall become wise. How shall he become wise that holdeth the plow, That glorieth in the shaft of the goad, That driveth oxen,...

...servile work. Similarly with the Bible, where the Apocrypha tells us that "the wisdom of the scribe cometh by opportunity of leisure, and he that hath little business shall become wise". The verse in the Psalms, "Be still (and know that I am God)", is, in the Septuagint, Schola.sate, which...

...directed by self-interest has been intuited by the most ancient writers: "The wisdom of a learned man cometh by opportunity of leisure; and he that hath little business shall become wise" (Ecclesiasticus 38:24). "How can he get wisdom . . . whose talk is of bullocks" (Ecclesiasticus 38:34)....