About Francis Bacon:
Francis Bacon, Viscount St. Alban was an English philosopher, statesman, scientist, jurist, orator, essayist and author. He served both as Attorney General and Lord Chancellor of England. After his death, he remained extremely influential through his works, especially as philosophical advocate and practitioner of the scientific method during the scientific revolution.
We are much beholden to Machiavel and others, that write what men do, and not what they ought to do.
Francis BaconThe root of all superstition is that men observe when a thing hits, but not when it misses.
Francis Bacon