Francis Bacon, 1st Viscount St Alban KC QC (22 January 1561 – 9 April 1626) was an English philosopher, statesman, and author. He served both as Attorney General and Lord Chancellor of England.

He is also known as a catalyst of the scientific revolution. His most celebrated works included his The New Atlantis. Bacon was knighted in 1603, created Baron Verulam in 1618, and created Viscount St Alban in 1621; without heirs, both peerages became extinct upon his death. (Wikipedia.org)

List of published works

    * Essays (1597)
    * The Elements of the Common Law of England (1597)
    * A Declaration of the Practises & Treasons Attempted and Committed by Robert, late Earl of Essex and his Complices (1601)
    * Francis Bacon His Apology, in Certain Imputations Concerning the late Earl of Essex (1604)
    * Certain Considerations Touching the Better Pacification and Edification of the Church of England (1604)
    * Valerius Terminus of the Interpretation of Nature (1604)
    * The Proficience and Advancement of Learning (1605)
    * De sapientia veterum liber (1609)
    * The Charge of Sir Francs Bacon, Knight, the King's Attorney-General, Touching Duels (1614)
    * The Wisdom of the Ancients (1619)
    * Novum Organum (1620)
    * The History of the Reign of King Henry the Seventh (1622)
    * Apophthegms, New and Old (1625)
    * The Translation of Certain Psalms (1625)
    * The New Atlantis (1626)
    * Sylva Sylvarum (1627)
    * Scripta in naturali et universli philisophia (pub. 1653)

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Francis Bacon’s THE ESSAYS OR COUNSELS, CIVIL AND MORAL, OF FRANCIS Ld. VERULAM VISCOUNT ST. ALBANS and THE NEW ATLANTIS, the Pennsylvania State University, Jim Manis, Faculty Editor, Hazleton, PA 18201-1291 is a Portable Document File produced as part of an ongoing student publication project to bring classical works of literature, in English, to free and easy access of those wishing to make use of them, and as such is a part of the Pennsylvania State University’s Electronic Classics Series.

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Contents
Of Truth .................................................................................... 6
Of Unity in Religion ................................................................ 10
Of Revenge .............................................................................. 14
Of Adversity ............................................................................ 15
Of Simulation and Dissimulation ............................................ 16
Of Parents and Children .......................................................... 19
Of Marriage and Single Life ..................................................... 21
Of Envy ................................................................................... 23
Of Love ................................................................................... 27
Of Great Place ......................................................................... 29
Of Boldness ............................................................................. 32
Of Goodness & Goodness of Nature ....................................... 34
Of Nobility .............................................................................. 36
Of Seditions and Troubles ........................................................ 38
Of Atheism .............................................................................. 43
Of Superstition ........................................................................ 45
Of Travel .................................................................................. 47
Of Empire ............................................................................... 49
Of Counsel .............................................................................. 53
Of Delays ................................................................................ 57
Of Cunning ............................................................................. 58
Of Wisdom for a Man’s Self ..................................................... 61
Of Innovations ......................................................................... 63
Of Dispatch ............................................................................. 64
Of Seeming Wise ..................................................................... 66
Of Friendship .......................................................................... 68
Of Expense .............................................................................. 74
Of the True Greatness of .......................................................... 75
Kingdoms and Estates .............................................................. 75
Of Regiment of Health ............................................................ 82
Of Suspicion ............................................................................ 84
Of Discourse ............................................................................ 85
Of Plantations.......................................................................... 87
Of Riches ................................................................................. 90
Of Prophecies .......................................................................... 93
Of Ambition ............................................................................ 96
Of Masques and Triumphs ....................................................... 98
Of Nature in Men .................................................................. 100
Of Custom and Education ..................................................... 102
Of Fortune ............................................................................. 104
Of Usury ............................................................................... 106
Of Youth and Age .................................................................. 109
Of Beauty .............................................................................. 111
Of Deformity ......................................................................... 112
Of Building ........................................................................... 113
Of Gardens ............................................................................ 116
Of Negotiating....................................................................... 121
0f Followers and Friends ........................................................ 123
Of Suitors .............................................................................. 125
Of Studies .............................................................................. 127
Of Faction ............................................................................. 129
Of Ceremonies, and Respects ................................................. 131
Of Praise ................................................................................ 133
Of Vain-glory ......................................................................... 135
Of Honor and Reputation ..................................................... 137
Of Judicature ......................................................................... 139
Of Anger................................................................................ 142
Of Vicissitude of Things ........................................................ 144
THE NEW ATLANTIS ........................................................ 151

THE ESSAYS OR COUNSELS, CIVIL AND MORAL, OF FRANCIS Ld. VERULAM VISCOUNT ST. ALBANS

To the Right Honorable
My Very Good Lord
the Duke of Buckingham
His Grace, Lord High Admiral of England

EXCELLENT LORD:
Salomon saies; A good Name is as a precious oyntment; And I assure my selfe, such wil your Graces Name bee, with Posteritie. For your Fortune, and Merit both, have been Eminent. And you have planted Things, that are like to last. I doe now publish my Essayes; which, of all my other workes, have beene most Currant: For that, as it seemes, they come home, to Mens Businesse, and Bosomes.

I have enlarged them, both in Number, and Weight; So that they are indeed a New Worke. I thought it therefore agreeable, to my Affection, and Obligation to your Grace, to prefix your Name before them, both in English, and in Latine. For I doe conceive, that the Latine Volume of them, (being in the Universall Language) may last, as long as Bookes last.

My Instauration, I dedicated to the King: My Historie of Henry the Seventh, (which I have now also translated into Latine) and my Portions of Naturall History, to the Prince: And these I dedicate to your Grace; Being of the best Fruits, that by the good Encrease, which God gives to my Pen and Labours, I could yeeld. God leade your Grace by the Hand. Your Graces most Obliged and faithfull Servant,

FR. ST. ALBAN

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