...well with churchmen, for charity will hardly water the ground where it must first fill a pool. . . . He that hath wife and children hath given hostages...impediments to great enterprises, either of virtue or mischief."32 Bacon seems to have worked too hard to have had time for love, and perhaps he never quite...

...ruing of a slum. H. o. WELLS, The Fate of Man, chapter 26, p. 247 (1939, reprinted 1970). Marriage 1163 He that hath wife and children hath given hostages...affection and means have married and endowed the public. ... He was reputed one of the wise men that made answer to the question, when a man should marry—...

...(1906-75), German-bom US political philosopher. The Ни/тип Condition, pt. 5, ch. 33 (1958), 3 be FRANCIS BACON (1561-1626). English philosopher, essayist, statesman. Essays, 'Of Marriage and Single...

...aware of the terrific costs of marriage and family in the pursuit of excellence. Francis Bacon warned: He that hath wife and children hath given hostages...affection and means, have married and endowed the public. If Bacon advised ambitious men to shy away from domestic commitments, how much more this advice applies...

...Single Life," in which his main message aimed at dissuading men from marrying and having children since: He that hath wife and children hath given hostages...affection and means, have married and endowed the public. He continues as if to counter an obvious objection: Yet it were great reason that those that have children...

...[Matthew 18: 21-2.] families, speaking of the majority. 'He that hath wife and children,' says Lord Bacon, 'hath given hostages to fortune; for they are impediments...public, have proceeded from the unmarried or childless men.'22 I say the same of women. But, the welfare of society is not built on extraordinary exertions;...

...worst traits critics have ascribed to male scientists. Part Two The New Identities Four Bachelors in Life He that hath wife and children hath given hostages...affection and means have married and endowed the public. — FRANCIS BACON, "Of Marriage and the Single Life" Descartes, Hobbes, Boyle, Locke, and Newton were...

...thinking of his own contributions to the public weal, the childless elder statesman goes on to say that "Certainly the best works, and of greatest merit for...have proceeded from the unmarried or childless men" (VI, 391). The reason why domesticity detracts from public service is explained in the interpretation...

...consanguinity that bind families together. They are also a statement of fact, as expressed in Bacon's essay "Of Marriage and Single Life": "He that hath wife...to great enterprises, either of virtue or mischief. Here are some of the ways that separating spouses can find their children "impediments to enterprises"....

...with whom all the petty flatterers have intelligence is a man's self'. 721 Essays 'Of Marriage and the these so lonely and poor of old. 722 Essays 'Of Marriage and the Single Life' Wives are young men's mistresses, companlons for middle...