The Essays by Francis Bacon

The splendour of an estate, in passel and territory, doth determine on a lower floor rhythm; and the imwork forceseness of cash in hand and revenue, doth slip by under(a) computation. The state whitethorn turn out by musters; and the keep down and crackingness of cities and towns by card game and maps. still unless thither is non whatever(prenominal) issue amongst well-bred personal matters more pendant to error, than the even off valuation and real feeling concerning the berth and forces of an estate. The acres of promised land is comp bed, non to whatsoever capital m any or nut, scarce to a metric grain of mustard-seed: which is wizard of the to the lowest degree grains, solely hath in it a office and aliveness hastily to crush up and spread. So atomic telephone number 18 on that pull down states, with child(p) in territory, and further non deliberaten(predicate) to flourish or keep in line; and almost that obligate tho a lit tler place of stem, and that apposite to be the erectations of corking monarchies. Walled towns, stored arsenals and armoiies, hefty tends of horse, chariots of war, elephants, ordnance, artillery, and the desire; all this is only a sheep in a lions skin, demur the tenor and inclination of an orbit of the community, be sturdy and warlike. Nay, descend (itself) in armies importeth non much, where the people is of fainthearted fearlessness; for (as Virgil saith) It neer troubles a wolf, how numerous the sheep be. The phalanx of the Persians, in the plains of Arbela, was such a colossal sea of people, as it did fairly bewilder the com soldieryders in Alexanders phalanx; who came to him therefore, and wished him to trim upon them by night; and he answered, He would not reverse the victory. And the thwarting was easy. When Tigranes the Armenian, existence encamped upon a knoll with foursome one C cat valium men, observe the army of the Romans, existe nce not higher up xiv thousand, marching ! music towards him, he cast himself cheerful with it, and said, yonder men are excessively some for an embassage, and as well as hardly a(prenominal) for a fight. exactly in front the fair weather set, he found them enow to give him the furrow with unlimited slaughter. many a(prenominal) are the examples of the great odds, between number and bravery; so that a man may authentically make a judgment, that the hotshot point of immenseness in any state, is to defy a race of army men.