...doth judge itself,' and, ' howsoever these things are in men's depraved judgments and affections, it teacheth that the inquiry of Truth, which is the love-making...of it — is the sovereign good of human nature.' ESSAY II. OF DEATH. MEN fear death as children fear to go into the dark ; and as that natural fear...

...doctrines is in no way compromised by any position assumed in regard to Mesmerism. » " The inquiry after truth, which is the lovemaking or wooing of it; the...the belief of truth, which is the enjoying of it," Lord Bacon says, " is the sovereign good of human nature." There was never a more sincere lover of...

...history to favour them. With regard to the seventh day, space only allows me to point to the solntion. " The first creature of God in the works of the days...light of the sense ; the last was the light of reason ; and his sabbath work ever since is the illumination of his spirit."* What a beautiful thought ! God's...

...we spake of before. But howsoever these things are thus in men's depraved judgments and affections, yet truth, which only doth judge itself, teacheth...it — is the sovereign good of human nature."— FKAXCIS BACON. SHAKESPEAEE NOT AN IMPOSTOR. CHAPTER I. THE NATURE OF THE CHARGE. " Then what do those...

...at length, an intellectual and moral wreck. Most justly, as well as beautifully, has Bacon said, " truth, which only doth judge itself, teacheth that...of it, — is the sovereign good of human nature." Guided by his own unassisted reflective reason, man does unquestionably attain to great results, both...

...subservience, and intrigue, in which he lived, as a lawyer, a courtier, and a chancellor, when he wrote, " Truth, which only doth judge itself, teacheth that...enjoying of it — is the sovereign good of human nature. Certainly it is a heaven upon earth to have a man's mind move in charity, rest in Providence, and turn...

...compass, on the great ocean of uncertainty, — suffers, at length, an intellectual and moral wreck. only doth judge itself, teacheth that the inquiry...of it, — is the sovereign good of human nature.'' Guided by his own unassisted reflective reason, man does unquestionably attain to great results, both...

...doth judge itself,' and, ' howsoever these things are in men's depraved judgments and affections, it teacheth that the inquiry of Truth, which is the love-making...of it — is the sovereign good of human nature.' ' There is no vice that doth so cover a man with shame, as to be found false and perfidious.' This...

...to lasting peace. Well observes Lord Bacon, that "the inquiry of truth, which is the love-making and wooing of it; the knowledge of truth, which is the...enjoying of it, is the sovereign good of human nature." But truth is not only divine, it is also enduring. Only that which is pervaded by it abides the lapse...

...ideas run all through his works, from the first page to the last. Thus in the first of his Essays : Yet truth, which only doth judge itself, teacheth...the knowledge of truth, which is the presence of it ; arid the belief of truth, which is the enjoyment of it ; is the sovereign good of human nature. The...