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The Essayes or Counsels Civill and Morall of Francis Bacon, Lord Verulam (Classic Reprint)
The Essayes or Counsels Civill and Morall of Francis Bacon Lord Verulam - Classic Reprint Author:Francis Bacon INTRODUCTION Francis Bacon - Baron Verulam and Viscount St Albans, but not Lord Bacon, as he is sometimes erroneously styled-was born at York House, Strand, the London mansion of his father, January 22, 1561. He was the younger son, by his second wife, of Sir Nicholas Bacon, Lord Keeper of the Great Seal from 1558 till his death in 1579-a man of... more » profound legal learning, unswerving devotion to principle, and statesmanlike sagacity. Both Camden and George Buchanan designate him, in common with Sir W. Cecil (Lord Burghley) as "twin pillars of the State." The second wife of the Lord Keeper and the mother of Francis was Anne, daughter of Sir Anthony Cooke, who had been the tutor of Edward VI. To his instructions were largely due the culture and piety of the youthful sovereign. His daughters, Katherine, Mildred, and Anne, also trained by their parent, were celebrated as prodigies of learning even in an age when the glamour of Renaissance studies still tempted women to forsake the distaff
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