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Saturday, 23 July 2011

Men in Great Place

Sir Francis Bacon - from Wikipedia

Men in Great Place are thrice Servants: Servants of the Sovereign or State; Servants of Fame; and Servants of Business. So as they have no Freedom, either in their Persons, nor in their Actions, nor in their Times. It is a strange desire to seek Power, and to lose Liberty; or to seek Power over others, and to lose Power over a Mans self. The Rising unto Place is laborious; and by Pains men come to greater Pains: and it is sometimes base; and by Indignities men come to Dignities. The Standing is Slippery, and the Regress is either a Downfall or at least an Eclipse, which is a melancholy thing.
Sir Francis Bacon – Essays – Holt edition 1701
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3 comments:

  1. James Higham24 July 2011 at 08:57

    Oldest one in the book - did he or did he not write them?

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  2. David Duff24 July 2011 at 09:37

    Oh no! Please don't tell me there's a 'who wrote it' controversy over Bacon's works, too. The Shakespeare one continues to 'run and run'!

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  3. A K Haart24 July 2011 at 17:08

    Didn't Shakespeare write Bacon's works - as a deal for all those plays?

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