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To weigh and consider

Francis Bacon, Of Studies

Read against the machine

A library table with an old open book, a balance scale, reading glasses, and window light.
Illustration generated with ChatGPT by OpenAI, prompted and selected by Greg Conrad Smith, 2026.

Read not to contradict and confute; nor to believe and take for granted; nor to find talk and discourse; but to weigh and consider.

–Francis Bacon, Of Studies