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Francis Bacon: A Biography (Classic Reprint)
Francis Bacon A Biography - Classic Reprint Author:Richard William Church BACON. — CHAPTER I. — EARLY' L!ffE." — Tdub life of Francis. Bacon is one. which it is a- pain "to write or to read. It is the life of a man. endowed with as. rare, a combination of noble gifts as ever was bestowed on; a.Human intellect the life of ono with, whom the whole purpose of living and of every day's work was to do great things to enlighte... more »n and elevate bis race, to enrich it with new powcrs,.to lay up in store for all ages to come a source: of blessings which should never fail.or dry up; it was the. life of. a man who had high thoughts of the ends and methods of law and government, and with whom the general and public good was regarded aa the standard by which the use of public power was to be measurod; the life, of a man who had struggled hard and successfully for the material prosperity and opulence which makes work easy and gives a man room and force for carrying out his purposos. All his life long his first and never-sleeping passion was the romantic and splendid ambiti
Table of Contents
CONTENTS; CHAPTER I Early Lite1; CHAPTER IL Bacon and Elizabeth26; CHAPTER in Bacon and James 155; CHAPTER IV Bacon Solicitor-General11; CHALTER V Bacon Attorney-General and Chancellor95; CHAPTER VI Bacon's Fall118; riii CONTENTS; CHAPTER VTL *agi; Bacon's Last Years-1621-1626149; CHAPTER Vm Bacon's Philosopht 168; CHAPTER IX Bacon as a Writeb198
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