...to great enterprises ;" and that " certainly the best works, and of greatest merit for the pnblie, have proceeded from the unmarried, or childless men, which, both in affection and rvsson, have married and endowed the public."1 But these were the words of a bachelor, and, perhaps,...

...fortunate, but seldom or never where the elder are disinherited, VIII. OF MARRIAGE AND SINGLE LIFE.* HE that hath wife and children hath given hostages...for the public, have proceeded from the unmarried or * See note D, at the end of the Essays. childless men; which, both in affection and means, have married...

...Merit for the Public, have proceeded from the unmarried, or Childlefs Men ; which, both in Affeflion, and Means, have married and endowed the Public. Yet it were great Reafon, that thofe that have Children, fhould have greateft Care of future Times ; unto which, they...

...fortunate; but seldom or never where the elder are disinherited. VIII. OF MARRIAGE AND SINGLE LIFE. He that hath wife and children hath given hostages...have greatest care of future times ; unto which they know they must transmit their dearest pledges. Some there are, who though they lead a single life,...

...fortunate, but seldom or never where the elder are disinherited. VIII. OF MARRIAGE AND SINGLE LIFE. He that hath wife and children, hath given hostages...have greatest care of future times; unto which they know they must transmit their dearest pledges. Some there are, who though they lead a single life,...

...in the world are most efficiently performed by these classes ; and although the proposition, that " the best works and of greatest merit for the public...have proceeded from the unmarried or childless men " may not be absolutely true, as it is put by Bacon, they have unquestionably contributed their full...

...in the world are most efficiently performed by these classes ; and although the proposition, that " the best works and of greatest merit for the public have proceeded from the unmarried ov childless men " may not be absolutely true, as it is put by Bacon, they have unquestionably contributed...

...bought. The most thriftie is often the father of the most forlorne." " Certainly," says Lord Bacon, " the best works and of greatest merit for the public...affection and means, have married and endowed the public." Mr. Boyd may be taken into the class of the "childless men," and for hia beneficent acts, though not...

...bringing with them their families to settle in this wilderness. Lord Bacon has complacently observed, that "the best works and of greatest merit for the public,...have proceeded from the unmarried or childless men." 3 Weston's colony were of the same opinion. Yet so far were they from prospering in their solitude,...

...bringing with them their families to settle in this wilderness. Lord Bacon has complacently observed, that "the best works and of greatest merit for the public, have proceeded from the unmarried or childless men."3 Weston's colony were of the same opinion. Yet so far were they from prospering in their solitude,...