Reading maketh a full man; conference a ready man; and writing an exact man.

Francis Bacon

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Francis Bacon

Born 1561 in London, Francis Bacon rose to Lord Chancellor under James I and laid the philosophical foundation of modern science. Author of "Knowledge is power" and the doctrine of the four Idols, his Novum Organum.

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