Francis Bacon: (Lord Verulam.): A Critical Review of His Life and CharacterEstes and Lauriat, 1883 - 277 pages |
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... philosopher's intellect made the biographer blind to the man's frailty , how every comment seemed to be a com- promise with , or apology for , just such individual and official corruption as is now awakening the American mind to a just ...
... philosopher's intellect made the biographer blind to the man's frailty , how every comment seemed to be a com- promise with , or apology for , just such individual and official corruption as is now awakening the American mind to a just ...
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... philosopher has become as earthy as the remains of the pauper whom the same inevitable event consigned to the potter's field . The memory of a bad man is sometimes preserved for a time to point a moral ; that of a philanthropist lives ...
... philosopher has become as earthy as the remains of the pauper whom the same inevitable event consigned to the potter's field . The memory of a bad man is sometimes preserved for a time to point a moral ; that of a philanthropist lives ...
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... - dence . The great philosopher came into the world and went out of it as all mortals do , — his first cry a protest against living , his last moan a protest against dying . But to think of him as an ordinary FRANCIS BACON ;
... - dence . The great philosopher came into the world and went out of it as all mortals do , — his first cry a protest against living , his last moan a protest against dying . But to think of him as an ordinary FRANCIS BACON ;
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... employment and service , it standeth not with your gravity to play or stratagem with them . " The teacher was a thoughtful , contemplative , delib erate man , a professed moralist and philosopher ; the HIS LIFE AND CHARACTER . 25.
... employment and service , it standeth not with your gravity to play or stratagem with them . " The teacher was a thoughtful , contemplative , delib erate man , a professed moralist and philosopher ; the HIS LIFE AND CHARACTER . 25.
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... philosopher ; the scholar was some years his junior , impressible , with a native - born disposition towards courageous frankness , and towards the taking of straight paths to a wished- for goal . A few years later , Bacon protested ...
... philosopher ; the scholar was some years his junior , impressible , with a native - born disposition towards courageous frankness , and towards the taking of straight paths to a wished- for goal . A few years later , Bacon protested ...
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