“I have held up a light in the obscurity of Philosophy, which will be seen centuries after I am dead. It will be seen amidst the erection of Tombs, Theatres, Foundations, Temples, Orders and Fraternities for nobility and obedience — the establishment of good laws as an example to the World. For I am not raising a Capitol or Pyramid to the Pride of men, but laying a foundation in the human understanding for a holy Temple after the model of the World. For my memory I leave it to Men’s charitable speeches, to foreign Nations and the next Ages, and to my own Country after some Time has elapsed.”
- Francis Bacon
Advancement of Learning (1605), Bk II
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