THE    ESSAYS
 

OR
 

COUNSELS CIVIL AND MORAL
 

i.            ».                                                           V
 

FRANCIS   BACON
 

FIRST  PUBLISHED  IN   1597, AND  AS  HE LEFT THEM  NEWLY  WRITTEN
 

IVITH   AN   INTRODUCTION   BY   HENRY   MORLEY

LL.D.,  PROFESSOR  OF  ENGLISH  LITERATURE AT
UNIVERSITY   COLLEGE,   LONDON
 

SECOND    EDITION
 

LONDON
GEORGE    ROUTLEDGE    AND    SONS

BROADWAY,   LUDGATE  HILL
NEW   YORK:   g,   LAFAYETTE   PLACE

1884