Francis Bacon: Essays and Major Works

Francis Bacon

2. PART B: Which detail from the text best supports the answer to Part
A?
A “Their chief use for delight, is in privateness and retiring; for
ornament, is in discourse; and for ability, is in the judgment, and
disposition of business."
B "They perfect nature, and are perfected by experience: for natural
abilities are like natural plants, that need pruning, by study"
OC "Crafty men contemn studies, simple men admire them, and wise
men use them for they teach not their own use"
D "Some books also may be read by deputy, and extracts made of
them by others; but that would be only in the less important
arguments"

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B) "They perfect nature, and are perfected by experience: for natural abilities are like natural plants, that need pruning, by study."