Essays and New AtlantisVan Nostrand, 1942 - 302 pages |
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... , combine two of either sort ; and forget not to call as well the best acquainted with body , as the best reputed of for his faculty . your 31 Of Suspicion SUSPICIONS amongst thoughts are like bats amongst 136 Francis Bacon.
... , combine two of either sort ; and forget not to call as well the best acquainted with body , as the best reputed of for his faculty . your 31 Of Suspicion SUSPICIONS amongst thoughts are like bats amongst 136 Francis Bacon.
Page 137
Francis Bacon Gordon Sherman Haight. 31 Of Suspicion SUSPICIONS amongst thoughts are like bats amongst birds , they ever fly by twilight . Certainly they are to be re- pressed , or at the least well guarded ; for they cloud the mind ...
Francis Bacon Gordon Sherman Haight. 31 Of Suspicion SUSPICIONS amongst thoughts are like bats amongst birds , they ever fly by twilight . Certainly they are to be re- pressed , or at the least well guarded ; for they cloud the mind ...
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... amongst able men , hath a great task , but that is ever good for the public ; but he that plots to be the only figure amongst ciphers is the decay of a whole age . Honor hath three things in it : the vantage - ground to do good ; the ...
... amongst able men , hath a great task , but that is ever good for the public ; but he that plots to be the only figure amongst ciphers is the decay of a whole age . Honor hath three things in it : the vantage - ground to do good ; the ...
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