"Reading maketh a full man,' wrote Lord Bacon, 'conference a ready man, and writing an exact man.'
-- Sir Francis Bacon, quoted by John T. McNeill in The History and Character of Calvinism, 101
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2 comments:
Brian, what is conferencing?
Bacon seems to be using "conference" in this sense: "the act of conferring or consulting together; consultation, esp. on an important or serious matter" (Taken from definition #2 at http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/conference)
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