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"The Two Bookes of Francis Bacon. Of the Proficience and Advancement of Learning Divine and Humane"
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Date: 1605
"For the wit and mind of man, if it work upon matter, which is the contemplation of the creatures of God, worketh according to the stuff and is limited thereby; but if it work upon itself, as the spider worketh his web, then it is endless, and brings forth indeed cobwebs of learning, admirable fo...
preview | full record— Bacon, Sir Francis, Lord Verulam (1561-1626)
Date: 1605, 1640
"Amongst the which this last is of special use in moral and civil matters; how, I say, to set affection against affection, and to master one by another; even as we used to hunt beast with beast, and fly bird with bird, which otherwise percase we could not so easily recover."
preview | full record— Bacon, Sir Francis, Lord Verulam (1561-1626)
