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The Essays or Counsels, Civil and Moral

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Table of contents

1. Front matter 2. Francis Bacon 3. Of Truth 4. Of Death 5. Of Unity In Religion 6. Of Revenge 7. Of Adversity 8. Of Simulation And Dissimulation 9. Of Parents And Children 10. Of Marriage And Single Life 11. Of Envy 12. Of Love 13. Of Great Place 14. Of Boldness 15. Of Goodness and Goodness Of Nature 16. Of Nobility 17. Of Seditions And Troubles 18. Of Atheism 19. Of Superstition 20. Of Travel 21. Of Empire 22. Of Counsel 23. Of Delays 24. Of Cunning 25. Of Wisdom For A Man's Self 26. Of Innovations 27. Of Dispatch 28. Of Seeming Wise 29. Of Friendship 30. Of Expense 31. Of the True Greatness Of Kingdoms And Estates 32. Of Regiment Of Health 33. Of Suspicion 34. Of Discourse 35. Of Plantations 36. Of Riches 37. Of Prophecies 38. Of Ambition 39. Of Masques And Triumphs 40. Of Nature In Men 41. Of Custom And Education 42. Of Fortune 43. Of Usury 44. Of Youth And Age 45. Of Beauty 46. Of Deformity 47. Of Building 48. Of Gardens 49. Of Negotiating 50. Of Followers And Friends 51. Of Suitors 52. Of Studies 53. Of Faction 54. Of Ceremonies, And Respects 55. Of Praise 56. Of Vain-glory 57. Of Honor And Reputation 58. Of Judicature 59. Of Anger 60. Of Vicissitude Of Things 61. Of Fame 62. A Glossary Of Archaic Words And Phrases

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