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Reading Makes A Full Man

Francis Bacon was an English philosopher and statesman born in 1561. He served as Attorney General and Lord Chancellor of England. Bacon is credited with developing the scientific method and his works remained influential through the scientific revolution. One of Bacon's famous quotes is "Reading makes a full man, speaking a ready man and writing an exact man." This quote emphasizes that reading widely fills one's mind with knowledge, speaking in discussions makes one quick-witted, and writing notes makes one's knowledge accurate and precise. Bacon died in 1626 at the age of 65.

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Reading Makes A Full Man

Francis Bacon was an English philosopher and statesman born in 1561. He served as Attorney General and Lord Chancellor of England. Bacon is credited with developing the scientific method and his works remained influential through the scientific revolution. One of Bacon's famous quotes is "Reading makes a full man, speaking a ready man and writing an exact man." This quote emphasizes that reading widely fills one's mind with knowledge, speaking in discussions makes one quick-witted, and writing notes makes one's knowledge accurate and precise. Bacon died in 1626 at the age of 65.

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Reading makes a full man, speaking a

ready man and writing an exact man

Submitted by: Najaf Gul


Submitted to: Ma’am Falak Naz
Class: B.Ed(hons)2th semester(B)
Subject: Communication Skills

Department of Faculty
University of Education
Township,Lahore
Sir Francis Bacon
Francis Bacon was born 22 January 1561. Francis Bacon, 1st
Viscount St Alban, also known as Lord Verulam, was an English
philosopher and statesman who served as Attorney General and
as Lord Chancellor of England. His works are credited with
developing the scientific method and

remained influential through the scientific revolution.Francis


Bacon was a patron of libraries and developed a functional
system for the cataloging of books by dividing them into three
categories history, poetry, and philosophy which could further be
divided into more specific subjects and subheadings. Bacon was
educated at Trinity College, Cambridge, where he rigorously
followed the medieval curriculum, largely in Latin.
Francis Bacon's philosophy is displayed in the vast and varied
writings he left, which might be divided into three great branches.
On 9 April 1626, Francis Bacon died of while at Arundel mansion
at highgate outside London. An influential account of the
circumstances of his death was given by John Aubrey's Brief
Lives.
Francis Bacon Quotes:
“Reading makes a full man, speaking a ready
man and writing an exact man”
Good books are storehouses of human knowledge and wisdom.
Anyone who has the key can enter there store houses and help
himself. What is the key? Simply the ability to read. He who can
read can store his mind with the great thoughts of the great
thinkers of the world.
The man who never opens a book has a comparatively empty
mind. He no doubt learns something from his own experience and
from others but to what mankind has learnt and thought and done
his mind is a blank.But he who reads widely and judiciously has a
full mind,
“ Reading maketh a full man “

By conference Bacon means discussion, debate. To be a good


debator one must have a quick and ready mind. He must be able
to see a point quick, to think quicky and and to have a quick reply
to arguments ready. Taking an active part in a keen debating
society gives one valuable practice in this for one has to be alert
and ready all that can be said on a given subjects.So
“Conference maketh a ready man”
By ‘‘writing’’ here becon dost not mean writing books or practice in
compostions. He means making notes in writing of what we learn
in over reading. It is not always wise to trust entirely memory
especially when exect words and figures are important.
We remember something in general way but unless we have
made a note of the details, we may be at a loss in speaking or
discussion. Vague statements and mere generalization will not
always sever the purpose. Our knowledge must be accurate and
exact.So make written notes of what you read,for this kind of:
“Writing maketh and exact man”
Conclusion:
The completion of this quotation will make its meaning clearer.
Reading maketh a full man, Conference a ready man, and writing
exact man. And therefore if a man writes little. He had neend
have a great memory, if e confers little, he had ready wit and if he
ready little, he had need of much cunning to seem to know that he
knoweth not.
Bacon’s words should be taken to heart by young men who want
to become public speakers. For a public speaker must have a full
mind, readiness of speech, and accurate and exact knowledge of
his subjects.

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