A. Answer the following questions briefly.
1. What is the central theme of Bacon's essay?
2. Why does Bacon warn against having 'glorious' followers?
3. Why is the policy of equality good in the government?
4. What is meant by factious followers?
· Explain the following lines with reference to the context.
1. It is good discretion not to make too much of any man at th
cannot hold out that proportion.
2. Costly followers are not to be liked; lest while a man make
Answers
Answer 1.
Bacon's essays encompass topics like religion, personal wisdom, connections to other people, work, and moral quandaries. It seems as if Bacon has created a guidebook to explain to his readers how to examine different parts of their lives and find better ways to understand them.
Answer 2.
“There is a kind of followers likewise, which are dangerous, being indeed espials; which inquire the secrets of the house, and bear tales of them, to others. Yet such men, many times, are in great favor; for they are officious, and commonly exchange tales.”
Answer 4.
Factious followers are worse to be liked, which follow not upon affection to him with whom they range themselves, but upon discontentment conceived against some other; whereupon commonly ensueth that ill intelligence that we many times see between great personages.
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