• In every great time there is some one idea at work which is more powerful than any other, and which shapes the events of the time and determines their ultimate issues.

  Francis Bacon
  English philosopher and statesman 1561-1626
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In every great time there is some one idea at work which is more powerful than any other, and which shapes the events of the time and determines their ultimate issues. by : Francis Bacon

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