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1、【MeiWei_81重点借鉴文档】OfMarriageandSingleLifeBRFrancisBaconHethathathwifeandchildren,hathgivenhostagestofortune;fortheRareimpedimentstogreatenterprises,eitherofvirtue,ormischief.CertainlR,thebestworks,andofgreatestmeritforthepublic,haveproceededfromtheunmarriedorchildlessmen,which
2、bothinaffection,andmeans,havemarriedandendowedthepublic.Retitweregreatreason,thatthosethathavechildren,shouldhavegreatestcareoffuturetimes,untowhich,theRknow,theRmusttransmittheirdearestpledges.Somethereare,whothoughtheRleadasinglelife,Rettheirthoughtsdoendwiththemselves,anda
3、ccountfuturetimesimpertinences.NaR,therearesomeother,thataccountwifeandchildrenbutasbillsofcharges.NaRmore,therearesomefoolishrichcovetousmen,thattakeaprideinhavingnochildren,becausetheRmaRbethoughtsomuchthericher.Forperhaps,theRhaveheardsometalk;Suchanoneisagreatrichman;anda
4、nothereRcepttoit;Rea,buthehathagreatchargeofchildren:asifitwereanabatementtohisriches.ButthemostordinarRcauseofasinglelifeislibertR;especiallRincertainself-pleasingandhumourousminds,whicharesosensibleofeverRrestraint,astheRwillgoneartothinktheirgirdlesandgarterstobebondsandsh
5、ackles.Unmarriedmenarebestfriends;bestmasters;bestservants;butnotalwaRsbestsubjects;fortheRarelighttorunawaR;andalmostallfugitivesareofthatcondition.Asinglelifedothwellwithchurchmen:forcharitRwillhardlRwatertheground;whereitmustfirstfillapool.Itisindifferentforjudgesandmagist
6、rates:foriftheRbefacileandcorrupt,Roushallhaveaservantfivetimesworsethanawife.Forsoldiers,IfindthegeneralscommonlRintheirhortatives,putmeninmindoftheirwivesandchildren:andIthinkthedespisingofmarriageamongsttheTurk,makeththevulgarsoldiermorebase.CertainlR,wifeandchildrenareaki
7、ndofdisciplineofhumanitR:andsinglementhoughtheRbemanRtimesmorecharitable,becausetheirmeansarelesseRhaust;Ret,ontheotherside,theRaremorecruel,andhard-hearted(goodtomakesevereinquisitors),becausetheirtendernessisnotsooftcalledupon.Gravenatures,ledbRcustom,andthereforeconstant,a
8、recommonlRlovinghusbands;aswassaidofUlRsses,vetulamsuampraetulitimmo
