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But the images of men's wits and knowledges remain in books, exempted from the wrong of time, and capable of perpetual renovation.

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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Philosopher
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Francis Bacon Saint Albans
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1st Viscount St. Alban
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