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Quotation from New Atlantis by Francis Bacon
“The end of our foundation is the knowledge of causes, and secret motions of things; and the enlarging of the bounds of human empire, to the effecting of all things possible”
New Atlantis, Father of Salomon's House, opening of his relation (Project Gutenberg #2434 (Harvard Classics text))
The Father's one-sentence statement of the House's purpose, the most quoted line in the book and the clearest expression of Bacon's union of understanding and power.
Citation: "The end of our foundation is the knowledge of causes, and secret motions of things; and the enlarging of the bounds of human empire, to the effecting of all things possible" — Francis Bacon, New Atlantis, Father of Salomon's House, opening of his relation (Project Gutenberg #2434 (Harvard Classics text)). (id bacon-new-atlantis-q1)
