Reel 5: The Essays of Francis Bacon

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Where it came from — Francis Bacon (2007); Margarete Matzenauer, Wagner (1912). Voltaire was an atheist. Diderot was Enlightened. But trite titles seldom encompass completely the beliefs of any individual. And this one fact is certainly true when dealing with Sir Francis Bacon.The youngest son of Sir Nicholas Bacon, Francis was born in Strand, London, on Jan. 22, 1561.

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