| The Columbia World of Quotations. 1996. |
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| NUMBER: | 5143 |
| QUOTATION: | For my name and memory I leave to mens charitable speeches, and to foreign nations and the next ages. |
| ATTRIBUTION: | Francis Bacon (15611626), British philosopher, essayist, statesman. Last will, December 19, 1625. Works, vol. 3 (1765). |
| BIOGRAPHY: | Columbia Encyclopedia. |
| WORKS: | Bacon Collection. |
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| | | The Columbia World of Quotations. Copyright © 1996 Columbia University Press. |
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