laphamsquarterly: In 1625, Sir Francis Bacon praised the single life: “He that hath wife and children hath given hostages to fortune, for they are impediments to great enterprises, either of virtue or mischief… Unmarried men are best friends, best masters, best servants but not always best subjects, for they are light to run away; and almost all fugitives are of that condition.” Three years later, he marries a fourteen-year-old girl named Alice Barnham, whom he considered a “handsome maiden to my liking.”
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In 1625, Sir Francis Bacon praised the single life:

“He that hath wife and children hath given hostages to fortune, for they are impediments to great enterprises, either of virtue or mischief… Unmarried men are best friends, best masters, best servants but not always best subjects, for they are light to run away; and almost all fugitives are of that condition.”

Three years later, he marries a fourteen-year-old girl named Alice Barnham, whom he considered a “handsome maiden to my liking.”

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