Francis Bacon Quotes
If there be fuel prepared, it is hard to tell whence the spark shall come that shall set it on fire.
Bacon, Francis. The Essays. "Of Seditions and Troubles." Edited by Samuel Harvey Reynolds, Clarendon Press, 1890, p. 104.
His prediction would come true 72 years later. He was a slave trader and a strong supporter of the institution. See {624060}. However unlike most slave supporting Southerners, he came from one of the richest families of New England. His own brother Moses Brown was an ardent abolitionist and John was able to see the arguments and forces lined up against slavery. He saw that abolitionists as the trouble makers because they were trying to change the status quo. Having much experience with Southerners and selling them many slaves, he realized early how the South was totally dependent on slavery for its economic and social way of life. Few Americans had that broad a perspective.
Characterizing democratically elected Guatemala President Jacobo Arbenz Guzman:
Francis Bacon, 1st Viscount St Alban, Kt PC QC, also known as Lord Verulam, was an English philosopher and statesman who served as Attorney General and as Lord Chancellor of England. His works are seen as developing the scientific method and remained influential through the scientific revolution.
