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attention to, a compensation for his 

 comparative neglect of science, 196 ; 

 an academical education not a pass 

 port to the intricacies and subtleties 

 of, 196; the nice distinctions be 

 tween, and equity attainable only by 

 the highest powers of mind, 197 ; 

 expenses, Bacon s address upon 

 his determination to diminish, 216 ; 

 Bacon s exertions in the profession 

 of, see letter to Buckingham, 232 ; 

 reporters, Bacon s proposal for the 

 appointment of, 242. 

 Laws, the gradual change of, the effect 

 of the progress of knowledge, 172 ; 

 the folly of hasty censures upon the 

 obedience to existing, 173. 

 Lawyer, Bacon s fitness as a, for the 

 office of Chancellor, from his ex 

 perience and publications upon the 

 subject of law, 197. 

 Lawyers, antipathy of, to innovation, 

 275; see Tenterden, 276 ; Bacon s 

 opinion of the debt due to their pro 

 fession, 27 ; their tendency to resist 

 legal improvement, 27. 

 Learning, Advancement of, see Ad 

 vancement of Learning ; of Bacon s 

 mother, 2 ; Advancement of, Ba 

 con s work on, 1605, 120; objec 

 tions of divines and politicians to, 

 127 ; objections to, from the errors 

 of learned men, 127 ; Advancement 

 of, first book, observations in, upon 

 the advantages and distempers of 

 learning, 130 ; see analysis in 

 note, 131 ; Advancement of, Ba 

 con s second book, observations in, 

 upon the defects of universities, 

 133, 278 ; Advancement of, second 

 book, Bacon s investigation in, of 

 philosophy, natural, human, divine, 

 133 ; see analysis of history and 

 man, 133, 134; Advancement 

 of, beautiful illustration and ima 

 gery of, 135; Advancement of, 

 Bacon s second book, treatise upon 

 history in, see analysis in note, 133 ; 

 Advancement of, Bacon s different 

 editions and particulars, see note 

 A A A, at the end, translations of, 

 136 ; Advancement of, extract from, 

 upon the opinion of the ancients as 

 to the benefit of inventions to man 

 kind, note, 193 ; Advancement of, 

 Bacon s opinions upon the various 

 duties of a patron in, 199 ; condu 

 cive to a proper estimate of our 

 value in the scale of existence and 



to noble motives of action, 201 ; 

 the death-blow to common ambition, 

 201 ; advancement of, the best cha 

 rity, Bacon s favorite theory, 223 ; 

 Bacon s preliminary view of the 

 barren state of, in the Novum Or- 

 ganum, 266; Bacon s division of 

 his intended work, 267 ; Advance 

 ment of, extract from, upon the im 

 perfect means for experiment in the 

 universities, 278 ; Advancement of, 

 Bacon s opinions in, upon the pro- 

 gressiveness of knowledge, 281. 

 Lectures, Bacon s endowment of two, 

 at Cambridge, to be delivered by a 

 stranger, 13. 



Leicester, and Cecil party, division of 

 the Court into, 25 ; Bacon s union 

 with the, party, 26. 

 Lentall, Bacon s defence against the 

 charge in, the gift being received af 

 ter the decree, 363. 



Letter of Bacon to Lord Burleigh, 

 praying a recommendation to the 

 Queen, see note (d), 19 ; of Bacon 

 to Lady Burleigh, praying her in 

 fluence to hasten his suit, see note, 

 20; of Bacon to Burleigh, for an 

 appointment, with an eye to his 

 favorite pursuits, 26 ; of Bacon to 

 the Queen, praying the solicitorship, 

 accompanied by a jewel according 

 to custom, 32 ; of Essex to the 

 Lord Keeper Puckering, in behalf 

 of Bacon, respecting the solicitor- 

 ship, see note, 31 ; of Bacon to the 

 Queen, upon his disappointment 

 with respect to the solicitorship, 34; 

 of Essex, at Plymouth, to the Court, 

 in behalf of Bacon, 37, see note 3 A 

 at the end ; of Essex to Lady Hat- 

 tori s friends, in favour of Bacon s 

 proposals of marriage, 42, see note 

 3 R at the end ; of Bacon to the 

 Queen, respecting her choice of him 

 as counsel against Essex, 64 ; of 

 Bacon to Lord Howard, respecting 

 his conduct to Essex upon his trial, 

 72 ; of Lord Howard in reply to 

 Bacon, 74 ; of Bacon to Sir R. 

 Cecil, upon the same subject, see 

 note (i), 73 ; of Bacon to the Earl 

 of Devonshire, upon the same sub 

 ject, see note (a), 72 ; of the Queen 

 to Essex, demanding a former letter 

 respecting Ireland, see note, 76 ; of 

 Essex to the Queen, praying to be 

 restored to favour, see note, 77, 78 ; 

 of Essex, extract from, upon the 



