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Reading maketh a full man, conference a ready man, and writing an exact man. — Francis Bacon

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Reading maketh a full man, conference a ready man, and writing an exact man.

Francis Bacon
1625
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1625The Renaissance
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Francis Bacon
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Bacon, Francis. "Essays, or Counsels, Civil and Moral (1625): Of Studies." Francis Bacon: The Major Works, edited by Brian Vickers. Oxford University Press, 2008.
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Bacon, Francis. "Of Studies." Essayes or Counsels, Civill and Morall. London: John Haviland, 1625.

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