Francis Bacon Quote

Antiquities are history defaced, or some remnants of history which have casually escaped the shipwreck of time.


The Advancement of Learning (1605) bk. 2, ch. 2, sect. 1


Antiquities are history defaced, or some remnants of history which have casually escaped the shipwreck of time.

Antiquities are history defaced, or some remnants of history which have casually escaped the shipwreck of time.

Antiquities are history defaced, or some remnants of history which have casually escaped the shipwreck of time.

Antiquities are history defaced, or some remnants of history which have casually escaped the shipwreck of time.