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It is a strange desire, to seek power, and to lose liberty or to seek power over others, and to lose power over a man's self.
Francis Bacon
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Francis Bacon
Age: 65 †
Born: 1561
Born: January 22
Died: 1626
Died: April 9
Astrologer
Former Lord Chancellor
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