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FRANGIS BACON AND HIS 8EGRET 30GIETY
Francis Bacon
and
His Secret Society
An Attempt to Collect and Unite the Lost Links of a Long and Strong Chain.
Mrs. HENRY POTT.
Commend it, or amend it."
SECOND AND REVISED EDITION
SAN FRANCISCO: JOHN HOWELL, 328, POST STR1
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— Chaucer.
Printed in Great Britain
by
Marshall Brothers, Ltd.,
London.
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To THE
"youti9 scftollars or tfte Uniuersittes,"
M Sons of the Morning,"
I dedicate this hook, Confident that they will not disappoint the prophetic hope of
FRANCIS BACON
that, in the "New Birth of Time," his Filii Scientiarum "
would accomplish his work, and " hand
down the Lamp" to the Next Ages.
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