Question

What reading, conference and writing made a man according to Bacon in his essay “Of Studies”?

• A. Reading makes a ready man, conference a full man, and writing an eloquent man.
• B. Reading make a full man, conference a ready man and writing an exact man.
• C. Reading makes an exact man, conference a full man, and writing a knowledgeable man.
• D. Reading makes a wise man, conference an exact man, and writing a full man.

Answer 1

Answer:

B. Reading make a full man, conference a ready man and writing an exact man.

• The essay Of Studies by Sir Francis Bacon is the first essay in the series of ten essays published in 1597.

• Later, it was revised in 1612 with the addition of some more sentences and ideas in it along with the alteration in some vocabulary terms.