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The best Composition , and Temperature is , to have Opennesse in Fame and
Opinion ; Secrecy in Habit ; Dissimulation in seasonable use ; And a Power to
faigne , if there be no Remedy . VII Of Parents and Children THE Joyes of Parents
are ...
The best Composition , and Temperature is , to have Opennesse in Fame and
Opinion ; Secrecy in Habit ; Dissimulation in seasonable use ; And a Power to
faigne , if there be no Remedy . VII Of Parents and Children THE Joyes of Parents
are ...
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... some Persons of violent and undertaking Natures , who so they may have
Power , and Businesse , will take it at any Cost . Now to speake of Publique Envy
. There is yet some good in Publique Envy ; whereas in Private , there is none .
... some Persons of violent and undertaking Natures , who so they may have
Power , and Businesse , will take it at any Cost . Now to speake of Publique Envy
. There is yet some good in Publique Envy ; whereas in Private , there is none .
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It is a strange desire , to seeke Power , and to lose Libertie ; Or to seeke Power
over others , and to loose Power over a Mans Selfe . The Rising unto Place is
Laborious ; And by Paines Men come to greater Paines ; And it is sometimes
base ...
It is a strange desire , to seeke Power , and to lose Libertie ; Or to seeke Power
over others , and to loose Power over a Mans Selfe . The Rising unto Place is
Laborious ; And by Paines Men come to greater Paines ; And it is sometimes
base ...
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But Power to doe good , is the true and lawfull End of Aspiring . ... yet towards
men , are little better then good Dreames ; Except they be put in Act ; And that
cannot be without Power , and Place ; As the Vantage , and Commanding
Ground .
But Power to doe good , is the true and lawfull End of Aspiring . ... yet towards
men , are little better then good Dreames ; Except they be put in Act ; And that
cannot be without Power , and Place ; As the Vantage , and Commanding
Ground .
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The desire of Power in Excesse , caused the Angels to fall ; The desire of
Knowledge in Excesse , caused Man to fall ; But in Charity , there is no Excesse ;
Neither can Angell , or Man , come in danger by it . The Inclination to Goodnesse
, is ...
The desire of Power in Excesse , caused the Angels to fall ; The desire of
Knowledge in Excesse , caused Man to fall ; But in Charity , there is no Excesse ;
Neither can Angell , or Man , come in danger by it . The Inclination to Goodnesse
, is ...
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Bibliographic information
| Title | Bacon's Essays and Colours of Good and Evil Golden treasury series |
| Author | Francis Bacon |
| Editor | William Aldis Wright |
| Publisher | Macmillan and Company, 1879 |
| Original from | University of Minnesota |
| Digitized | 26 Jun 2013 |
| Length | 388 pages |
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