...him to the esteem of those under whose observation his life had been passed, and, at the same time, a proud confidence that his writings had secured for...confidence was just. From the day of his death his fame has been constantly and steadily progressive; and we have no doubt that his name will be named with...

...him to the esteem of those under whose observation his life had been passed, and, at the same time, a proud confidence that his writings had secured for...confidence was just. From the day of his death his fame has been constantly and steadily progressive; and we have no doubt that his name will be named with...

...ugly and hackneyed line which we shall not quote, and who bequeathed in his will "his name and memory" to "men's charitable speeches, and to foreign nations, and to the next ages." His civil works and his life have been mentioned in these papers before. He was of first-rate...

...him to the esteem of those under whose observation his life had been passed ; and, at the same tune, a proud confidence that his writings had secured for...those striking words which have been often quoted : — ' For my name and memory, I leave it to men's charitable speeches, and to foreign nations, and...

...With a noble perception of his own genius, Lord Bacon, in his prophetic will, thus expresses himself: "For my name and memory, I leave it to men's charitable speeches, and to foreign nations, and the next ages." Before the times of Galileo and Harvey, the world believed in the diurnal immovability...

...dishonour. a hope which rings like a pathetic echo of the words in Bacon's draft Will and Testament, " For my name and memory, I leave it to men's charitable speeches and to foreign nations and the next ages ; and to mine own countrymen after some time be past. " i (in. i.) 1633. CHAPTER XV CONCLUSION...

...•'• . . . aij FRANCIS BACON CONFESSES, IN THE PRESENCE OF DEATH, TO HAVING WRITTEN RHYMED BOOKS For my name and memory, I leave it to men's charitable speeches, and to foreign nations, and the next ages. The Last Will of FRANCIS BACON. FRANCIS BACON lived from 1561 to 1626. Not even his...

...passage in his Great Master's will : " As for my name and memory," writes Lord Bacon, in his testament, " I leave it to men's charitable speeches, and to foreign nations, and to the next ages." Brougham had not to wait for posterity to rehabilitate him. Foreign nations had never ceased...

...ike Psalms. He seemed to be fully conscious of the greatness of his works, for he says in his will, "For my name and memory I leave it to men's charitable speeches, to foreign nations, and to my own country after some time nas passed away " He feared that justice...

...NATIONS. SIR FRANCIS BACON. WITH serene consciousness of future fame, Bacon nobly said in his will : " For my name and memory, I leave it to men's charitable speeches, to foreign nations and the next ages." No better summary of his literary merits can be made than that...