文档介绍：OFSTUDIESFrancisBaconStudiesservefordelight,forornament,andforability. Theirchiefusefordelight,isinprivatenessandretiring;forornament,isindiscourse;andforability,,andperhapsjudgeofparticulars,onebyone;butthegeneralcounsels,;tousethemtoomuchforornament,isaffectation;tomakejudgementwhollybytheirrules,,andareperfectedbyexperience:fornaturalabilitiesarelikenaturalplants,thatneedpruningbystudy;andstudiesthemselvesdogiveforthdirectionstoomuchatlarge,,simplemenadmirethem,andwisemenusethem;fortheyteachnottheirownuse;butthatisawisdomwithoutthem,andabovethem,;ranted;nortofindtalkanddiscourse;,otherstobeswallowed,andsomefewtobechewedanddigested;thatis,somebooksaretobereadonlyinparts;otherstoberead,butnotcuriously;andsomefewtobereadwholly,andwithdiligenceandattention. Somebooksalsomaybereadbydeputy,andextractsmadeofthembyothers;butthatwouldbeonlyinthelessimportantarguments,andthemeanersortofbooks;elsedistilledbooksare,mondistilledwaters,;conferenceareadyman;,ifamanwritelittle,hehadneedhaveagreatmemory;ifheconferlittle,