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Thou indeed now killest not , but thou dost many things worse than murder , desiring that thy brother may act unseemly , laying snares for him on all sides , paralyzing his labors on the side of virtue , grieving that he pleaseth the Master of the world . After sketching his program for the scientific revolution that he foresaw , Bacon ends his account with a prayer : " Humbly we pray that this mind may be steadfast in us , and that through these our hands , and the hands of others to whom thou shalt give the same spirit , thou wilt vouchsafe to endow the human family with new mercies " . Grant , Almighty God , that as thou sees us to be surrounded with the infirmity of our flesh , and so held by , and , as it were , overwhelmed with , earthly cares , that we can hardly raise up our hearts and minds to thee , - O grant , that being awaked by thy word and daily warnings , we may at length feel our evils , and that we may not only learn by the stripes thou inflictest on us , but also of our own accord , summon ourselves to judgment , and examine our hearts , and thus come to thy presence , being our own judges ; so that we may anticipate thy displeasure , and thus obtain that mercy which thou best promised to all , who , turning only to thee , deprecate thy wrath , and also hope for thy favour , through the name of one Lord Jesus Christ . " 45 " Nor are thou hot : thy zeale is of no price , losing its heat , it falls as cold as Ice . When thou art troubled about anything , thou hast forgotten this , that all things happen according to the universal nature ; and forgotten this , that a man 's wrongful act is nothing to thee ; and further thou hast forgotten this , that everything which happens , always happened so and will happen so , and now happens so everywhere ; forgotten this too , how close is the kinship between a man and the whole human race , for it is a community , not of a little blood or seed , but of intelligence .