Excerpt from The Works of Francis Bacon, Baron Verulam, Viscount St. Alban, and Lord High Chancellor of England, Vol. 4: Containing Novum Organum Scientiarum, Vol. I To render this preparation still more complete and perfect, the next thing is to raise the mind from the languor and torpi dity it may contract from the apparent miraculous nature of the thing. And as this wrong disposition of the mind cannot be rectified without the discovery of causes, the work proceeds toomark out all the impediments which have hitherto perversely retarded and blocked the way of true philosophy and thus makes it appear no wonder at all, that mankind should have been so long entangled and perplexed with errors. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.