...children, Bacon tells us in one of his Essays, are " impediments to great enterprises ; " and adds, " Certainly, the best works, and of greatest merit for...have proceeded from the unmarried or childless men." See, with reference to this subject, chapter xviii. of Mr. D'Israeli's work on " The Literary Character."...

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...children, Bacon tells us, in one of his Essays, are " Impediments to great enterprises : " and adds, " Certainly, the best works, and of greatest merit for...have proceeded from the unmarried or childless men." See, with reference to this subject, Mr. D'Israeli's work on " The Literary Character." chapter xviii....

...much as the following sentiments are Lord Bacon's theology : — "He that bath wife and children bath given hostages to fortune ; for they are impediments...; which, both in affection and means, have married aud endowed the public A single lite dolb well with churchmen [clergymen], for charity will hardly...

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...benevolence becomes more diffused, it is apt to be less concentrated. Bacon, in his Essays, observes, that " the best works, and of greatest merit for the public,...from the unmarried or childless men ; which, both in affections and means, have married and endowed the public." Hence, too, we may understand why men whose...

...children, Bacon tells us, in one of his Essays, are *' Impediments to great enterprises:" and adds, " Certainly, the best works, and of greatest merit for...have proceeded from the unmarried or childless men." See, with reference to this subject, Mr. D' Israeli's work on " The Literary Character." chapter xriii....

...fever,' and anxious to return to his family. " He that hath wife and children," says Lord Bacon, " hath given hostages to fortune ; for they are impediments...great enterprises, either of virtue or mischief." Men under such bonds are peculiarly unfitted for the chequered life of a Santa Fe trader. The domestic...

...tells us, in om of Us Essays, are " impediments to great enterprises : " and ados, " Certainly, the but works, and of greatest merit for the public, have proceeded from the unmarried or childless men." See, with reference to this subject. Mr. D'Israeli's work en " The Literary Character," chapter xriil....

...that he is brave towards God, and a coward towards men." For a lie faces God, and shrinks from man. Of Marriage and Single Life. He that hath wife and...children, hath given hostages to fortune, for they are impedimenis to great enterprises, either of virtue or mischief. Certainly the best works, and of greatest...