176 PREFACE TO THE SCALA INTELLECTUS, ETC. 



placed them in a class by themselves. If any reader 

 prefers to regard them as belonging to the Instauratio, 

 he has only to pass to the next volume,* overlook the 

 titlepage, and read on. 



This collection of the fragments of the Great In- 

 siauration as Bacon left it dould hardly however have 

 been concluded more appropriately than with the t\\o 

 short pieces which follow ; in which we see the vision 

 which suggested the enterprise, the grounds of reason 

 which seemed to justify it as sober and practicable, the 

 hope which sustained and the spirit which regulated it, 

 still as fresh as when he started ; but the end as far off 

 as ever, and all the laborious preparations for the fu 

 ture harvest breaking off abruptly in a reiteration of 

 the exhortations, warnings, and promises, with which 

 they were commenced. 



Atque opere in medio defixa reliquit aratra! 



J. S. 



* In this edition these pieces, except Thema Cadi, are contained in this 

 volume. 



