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PHILOSOPHICAL WRITINGS OF LORD BACON. 403 
“ experiments ; but after the most diligent scrutiny, and by 
« degrees, and by wary inductions faithfully made, they re- 
“ cord the truth and event of trials, and transmit them to po- 
“ sterity. They resort not immediately to general proposi- 
tions upon every specious appearance ; but seek light and in- 
.* formation from particulars, that they may gradually advance 
“ to general rules and maxims.” In an after work, he speaks 
of Bacon’s services in the following expressive terms: “ By 
“ standing up against the Dogmatists, he emancipated and set 
“ free philosophy ; which. had long been a miserable cap- 
“ tive; and which hath ever since bide conquests in the ter- 
“ ritories of Nature *.” 
It was about this period, that Mr Boye was honoured with 
the appellation of the second Bacon +, in: compliment to his 
exertions to advance the knowledge of experimental physics ; 
and there can be no doubt, that his discoveries and exertions 
did contribute essentially to establish the credit of the Eng- 
lish School. Neither can there be any doubt, as to the influ- 
ence of Bacon’s writings in determining the nature and objects 
of his philosophical pursuits. This is admitted, or implied, in 
many parts of his works f. It is clear, indeed, that he was 
considered by his contemporaries as a marked disciple of Ba- 
con. “ You have,” says Dr Beatr, in one of his letters 
to him, upon the subject of his discoveries, “ particularised, 
“* explicated, and exemplified, those fair encouragements, and 
“ affectionate directions, which Lord Bacon in a wide generali- 
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* Evetyn’s Numismata. 
~ + See Guanviux’s Plus Ultra, p. 57. 
{ Boyze’s Works, vol. i. p. 305, 6.; vol. ii. p. 472. ; vol. iii. p. 422.; vol. ix. 
p. 59, 246.; vol. v. p. 567. 
