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Francis Bacon, Lord Verulum (1561-1626) English writer, philosopher and statesman. "His enthusiasm for science was not disinterested, but was due to a belief that "knowledge is power"; that human conditions can best be improved by a more thorough acquaintance with the world in which human life must be lived." (The New International Encyclopaedia Vol. II, New York: Dodd, Mead & Co., 1920, 504-506.)
C. R. L. Fletcher and Emery Walker,
eds. Historical Portraits, 1600-1700, Vol. II. (Oxford: Clarendon Press,
1909) 53. (From the portrait by Paul van Somer in the National Portrait
Gallery.)
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