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Page xi
... must therefore accept it , so far as it goes ; for Dr. Rawley omits all allusion to Bacon's failings and fall , and touches but lightly upon the more active political and judicial parts of his career . All which parts , however , must ...
... must therefore accept it , so far as it goes ; for Dr. Rawley omits all allusion to Bacon's failings and fall , and touches but lightly upon the more active political and judicial parts of his career . All which parts , however , must ...
Page xxiii
... must be the main founda- tion of a true and active philosophy . " He may be presumed at least to have made a very considerable progress in his undertaking , before the close of the sixteenth century . But it was first promulgated to the ...
... must be the main founda- tion of a true and active philosophy . " He may be presumed at least to have made a very considerable progress in his undertaking , before the close of the sixteenth century . But it was first promulgated to the ...
Page xxiv
... must complete it ; in such a manner , perhaps , as men , looking only at the present , would not readily conceive . For upon this will depend not a speculative good , but all the fortunes of mankind and all their power . " And with an ...
... must complete it ; in such a manner , perhaps , as men , looking only at the present , would not readily conceive . For upon this will depend not a speculative good , but all the fortunes of mankind and all their power . " And with an ...
Page xxvi
... must be drawne from plaine Ex- perience , and not from doubtfull ; And his Lordships course is , to make VVonders Plaine , and not Plaine things VVonders ; And that Experience likewise must be broken and grinded , and not whole , or as ...
... must be drawne from plaine Ex- perience , and not from doubtfull ; And his Lordships course is , to make VVonders Plaine , and not Plaine things VVonders ; And that Experience likewise must be broken and grinded , and not whole , or as ...
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... must be added the great toil , drive , and occupation of Bacon's public life and the vast burden of the New Philosophy that constantly rested on his spirit . The marvel is that he ever found time to write the Essays at all . For b ...
... must be added the great toil , drive , and occupation of Bacon's public life and the vast burden of the New Philosophy that constantly rested on his spirit . The marvel is that he ever found time to write the Essays at all . For b ...
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