'
His worth unlocks our cabinets and proves both room and welcome
to entertain him . . . so dexterous was he in all his
undertakings in Court, in camp, by sea, by land, with sword, with
pen."*
*Fuller's Worthies.
BOOKS TO READ
Westward Ho! by Charles Kingsley may be read in illustration of
this chapter.
Chapter LII BACON--NEW WAYS OF WISDOM
WHEN we are little, there are many things we cannot understand;
we puzzle about them a good deal perhaps, and then we ask
questions. And sometimes the grown-ups answer our question and
make the puzzling things clear to us, sometimes they answer yet
do not make the puzzling things any clearer to us, and sometimes
they tell us not to trouble, that we will understand when we grow
older. Then we wish we could grow older quick, for it seems such
a long time to wait for an answer. But worst of all, sometimes
the grown-ups tell us not to talk so much and not to ask so many
question.
The fact is, though perhaps I ought not to tell you, grown-ups
don't know everything.
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