Lord Bacon's Essays Continued in Twenty Seven Chapters, Vol. 2

Excerpt from Lord Bacon's Essays Continued in Twenty Seven Chapters, Vol. 2: Translated From His Lordship's Treatise, De Augmentis Scientiarum I have often thought, that, if there was any Man, whom God vouchfaf'd to illumi nate with a Beam of Human Knowledge, in thefe modern Times, it was undoubtedly He. For though he was a great Reader of Books, yet that he drew his Knowledge from Books only, mufi never be granted, but from certain Principles and Notions, lighted up within himfelf 3 which notwith anding he Vented not rafhly, but with great Caution, and Circumfpee'tion. His.novum Orgmmm which in his own Account was the chiefef't of his Works) was no ight Imagination, or Fancy of his Brain 5 but a fixt as it Were, and radicated Notion 3 the Prodnetion of many Years inceffant Labour. I my felf have found, among his Lordihip's private Papers, -about twelve Copies of the Novum Orgmmm, labour'd, and revifed from Year to Year, and every Year ill further polifh'd and amended, till at la; it came to that Frame, in which it was publifh'd: As many living Creatures lick their Young, till they bring them to Strength of Limbs. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works."