THE

WORKS

OF

FRANCIS BACON,

BARON OF VERULAM, VISCOUNT ST. ALBANS, AND
LORD HIGH CHANCELLOR OF ENGLAND.

POPULAR EDITION,

BASED UPON THE COMPLETE EDITION OF

SPEDDING, ELLIS, AND HEATH.

I.

PHILOSOPHICAL WRITINGS.

NEW YORK:

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H. O. HOUGHTON AND COMPANY, BOSTON.

Cambridge: The Riverside Press.

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