Chapter XXX: Book III: Conclusion

"_He that dies in an earnest pursuit is like one that is wounded in hot blood; who, for the time, scarce feels the hurt; and therefore a mind fixed and bent upon somewhat that is good doth avert the dolours of death; but, above all, believe it, the sweetest canticle is_ 'Nunc dimittis,' _when a man hath obtained worthy ends and expectations_."--BACON.