...understand those striking words which have been often quoted, but which we must quote once more ; " For my name and memory, I leave it to men's charitable speeches, and to foreign nations, and to the next age." His confidence was just. From the day of his death his fame has been constantly and...

...dignified document ; the concluding part is deeply affecting. " For my name and my memory," he says, " I leave it to men's charitable speeches, and to foreign nations, and the next ages." In accordance with the terms of this will, his remains were laid in St. Michael's Church, near St....

...modern science breathed his last on Easter Sunday, 1626, bequeathing in his will "his name and memory to men's charitable speeches, and to foreign nations, and the next ages." Mr. Dixon's defence of Bacon's chancellorship is the worst part of the book. We are assured, for instance,...

...Michael's Church ; ' there,' he tenderly adds, ' was my mother buried.' The same document subjoins : ' for my name and memory, I leave it to men's charitable...speeches, and to foreign nations and the next ages.' The Bible Thoughts are very miscellaneous, and are taken from all parts of his works. His religions...

...fame, and the clear comprehension of its truths. " For my name and memory," said Lord i£ Bacon, " I leave it to men's charitable speeches and to foreign nations, and the next ages." * ' for a serener clime, Of years to come, and find its recompenso In that just expectation." INDEX....

...a noble perception of his own genius, Lord Bacon, in his prophetic Will, thus expresses himself: " For my name and memory, I leave it to men's charitable...speeches, and to foreign nations, and the next ages." Before the times of Galileo and Harvey the world believed in the stagnation of the blood, and the diurnal...

...understand those striking words which have been often quoted, but which we must quote once more : " For my name and memory, I leave it to men's charitable speeches, and to foreign nations, and to the next age." His confidence was just. From the day of his death his fame has been constantly and...

...understand those striking words which have been often quoted, but which we must quote once more: " For my name and memory, I leave it to men's charitable speeches, and to foreign nations, and to the next age." His confidence was just. From the day of his death his fame has been constantly and...

...LORD BACON Lord Bacon in 1625, bequeathed his soul and body to God, while his name and memory he left to men's charitable speeches and to foreign nations and the next ages. "To-day, the 5th of March, 1871, Hdtelde la Metropole, Geneva. "This is our Will or Testament, —...

...directions relating to his MSS. and unfinished writings, and contains the following sentence : — " For my name and memory I leave it to men's charitable...speeches and to foreign nations, and the next ages ; and to mine own countrymen after some time be past" This was indeed prophetic, for it is foreign...