...young, like Milton, he felt that he was destined for great things. " I confess," said he, " that 1 have as vast contemplative ends as I have moderate...to us pure and spotless ; could he have borne his burden in that promised land, — a land to him flowing with milk and honey, — not only would mankind...

...young, like Milton, he felt that he was destined for great things. " I confess," said he, " that 1 ER. That face is not pleasant, sir. Nothing so disfigures...envy. Old Poets at last grow ugly all — but you, burden in that promised land, — a land to him flowing with milk and honey, — not only would mankind...

...lime, resolved to pursue it. "I confess," said he ¡na leuer written when he was still young, bthat I have as vast contemplative ends as I have moderate civil ends." Had his civil ends continued to he moderate, he would have been, not only the Mn*es, but the Joshua...

...Knowledge of Advancement in Life, set forth in a shape fit to come home to men's business and bosoms. I have as vast contemplative ends as I have moderate civil -ends: so Bacon wrote in his youth. In his later life he might, with as great or greater truth, have contrasted...

...Knowledge of Advancement in Life, set forth in a shape fit to come home to men's business and bosoms. I have as vast contemplative ends as I have moderate civil ends : so Bacon wrote in his youth. In his later life he might, with as great or greater truth, have contrasted...

...parts of action are. I confess that * Basil Montagu, "Bacon's Works, with a New Life" (edit. 1825-34). I have as vast contemplative ends as I have moderate civil ends, for / have taken all knowledge to be my province ; and if I could purge it of two sorts of errors —...

...as a man born under an excellent Sovereign that deserveth the dedication of all men's abilities. ... I have as vast contemplative ends as I have moderate civil ends, for I have taken all knowledge to be my province ; and if I could purge it of two sorts of rovers,...

...as a man born under an excellent Sovereign that deserveth the dedication of all men's abilities. ... I have as vast contemplative ends as I have moderate civil ends, for I have taken all knowledge to be my province ; and if I could purge it of two sorts of rovers,...

...of the work to the benefit of all, not sparing himself or regarding private advantage or profit. " I have as vast contemplative ends as I have moderate civil ends," he declared; "for I have taken all knowledge to be my province. This— whether it be curiosity or...

...appealed for some lucrative position at the court. In a letter to his uncle, Bacon says : " I confess I have as vast contemplative ends as I have moderate civil ends ; for I have taken all knowledge to be my province." This shows that he wished leisure for study and...