What wisdom can you find that is greater than kindness? –  Jean Jacques Rousseau, philosopher and author (28 Jun 1712-1778)  A.Word.A.Day  with Anu Garg   

Essayes: Religious Meditations. Places of Perswasion and Disswasion. Seene and Allowed (1597) was the first published book by the philosopher, statesman and jurist Francis Bacon.  The Essays are written in a wide range of styles, from the plain and unadorned to the epigrammatic.  They cover topics drawn from both public and private life, and in each case the essays cover their topics systematically from a number of different angles, weighing one argument against another.  While the original edition included 10 essays, a much-enlarged second edition appeared in 1612 with 38.  Another, under the title Essayes or Counsels, Civill and Morall, was published in 1625 with 58 essays. Translations into French and Italian appeared during Bacon's lifetime.  Though Bacon considered the Essays "but as recreation of my other studies", he was given high praise by his contemporaries, even to the point of crediting him with having invented the essay form.  Later researches made clear the extent of Bacon's borrowings from the works of Montaigne, Aristotle and other writers, but the Essays have nevertheless remained in the highest repute.  The contents pages of Thomas Markby's 1853 edition list the essays and their dates of publication at https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Essays_(Francis_Bacon)   

A few Francis Bacon quotes:  “Knowledge is power.”  “Silence is the sleep that nourishes wisdom.”  “By far the best proof is experience.”  “We rise to great heights by a winding staircase of small steps.”  “Who questions much, shall learn much, and retain much.”  “Without friends the world is but a wilderness.”  https://quotefancy.com/francis-bacon-quotes   

Malt is any cereal grain that has been made to germinate by soaking in water and then stopped from germinating further by drying with hot air, a process known as "malting".  Malted grain is used to make beer, whisky, malted milk, malt vinegar, confections such as Maltesers and Whoppers, flavored drinks such as Horlicks, Ovaltine, and Milo, and some baked goods, such as malt loaf, bagels, and Rich Tea biscuits.  Malted grain that has been ground into a coarse meal is known as "sweet meal".  Malt also contains small amounts of other sugars, such as sucrose and fructose, which are not products of starch modification, but which are already in the grain.  Further conversion to fermentable sugars is achieved during the mashing process.  Various cereals are malted, though barley is the most common.  Malted grains have probably been used as an ingredient of beer since ancient times, for example in Egypt (Ancient Egyptian cuisine), Sumer, and China.  https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Malt    

Valerie Worth Bahlke (1933-1994) was an American poet and writer of children's books under her maiden name, Valerie Worth.  Valerie Worth was born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania and grew up in Swarthmore, Pennsylvania, where her father taught biology at Swarthmore College.  In 1947, the family moved to Tampa, Florida for four years, and then spent a year in Bangalore, India.  Worth returned to Swarthmore for college, where in 1955 she received an English Degree with High Honors.  https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Valerie_Worth 

Dick Francis. (Richard Stanley Francis 1920-2010) was a British steeplechase jockey and crime writer whose novels centre on horse racing in England.  After wartime service in the RAF, Francis became a full-time jump-jockey, winning over 350 races and becoming champion jockey of the British National Hunt.  He came to further prominence in 1956 as jockey to Queen Elizabeth The Queen Mother, riding her horse Devon Loch which fell when close to winning the Grand National.  Francis retired from the turf and became a journalist and novelist.  https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dick_Francis   

“Libel is written, slander is spoken.”  “It’s no good expecting fairy-tale  endings, in racing.”  High Stakes, a novel by Dick Francis   

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