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Men fear death as children fear to go in the dark; and as that natural fear in children is increased with tales, so is the other.   Bacon, Francis

Source: Essays--Of Death · Excerpt from From Chaucer to Tennyson · This quote is about fear · Search on Google Books to find all references and sources for this quotation.


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Francis Bacon, 1st Viscount St Alban, KC (22 January 1561 - 9 April 1626) was an English philosopher, statesman and essayist but is best known for leading the scientific revolution with his new 'observation and experimentation' theory which is the way science has been conducted ever since. He was knighted in 1603, created Baron Verulam in 1618, and created Viscount St Alban in 1621; both peerage titles became extinct upon his death.

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