培根散文集（英文全本）精彩阅读,(英)弗兰西斯·培根,无弹窗阅读

ability to

raise and

amplify an

estate in

power,

means, and

fortune.

But be the

workmen

what they

may be,

let us

speak of

the work;

that is,

the true

greatness

of

kingdoms

and

estates,

and the

means

thereof.

An

argument

fit for

great and

mighty

princes to

have in

their

hand; to

the end

that

neither by

over-measuring

their

forces

they leese

themselves

in vain

enterprises;

nor, on

the other

side, by

undervaluing

them they

descend to

fearful