In every great time there is some one idea at work which is more powerful than any other, and which shapes the events of the time and determines their ultimate issues. (Francis Bacon)

In every great time there is some one idea at work which is more powerful than any other, and which shapes the events of the time and determines their ultimate issues.

Francis Bacon

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