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Prosperity is the blessing of the Old Testament; adversity is the blessing of the New.

Francis
Bacon

Francis Bacon

WORKS: Essays, Civil and Moral
Whether turning a phrase or observing the politics of the day, the Essays epitomize Bacon as the master of English prose. From the Harvard Classics, Vol. III, Part 1.; The New Atlantis
This account of an ideal state reveals both practical methods and unique fantasy. From the Harvard Classics, Vol. III, Part 2.; Advancement of Learning
A powerful defense of science against religion and the advocacy of the modern university.; The New Organon; Of the Wisdom of the Ancients; Apophthegms New and Old; Prefaces and Prologues
From the Harvard Classics, Vol. XXXIX.; Bartlett’s Bacon Quotations
Epitomal selections by John Bartlett.
WRITINGS ABOUT BACON: “Bacon”
Section by W. R. Sorley from the Cambridge History of English Literature.