Calendar: 1868-1869 Page 486

488 INGLIS SCHOLARSHIPS sonal characters must we attribute the different attitude assumed by the Commons towards the Sovereign in this reign and in that of Elizabeth Mention some of the Essays of Lord Bacon which refer more especially to the great questions of this time What was the foreign policy of James and by what circumstances was it influenced Mention the names in chronological order of the most eminent authors in this reign 10 Contrast the state of the nation at the close of this reign with what it was at the beginning II ub ftt for BfSiat sketch of the state of Europe England excepted at the commencement of the seventeenth century Englfe Skcijolarsijtp for tfie nglisi language an& Utierature -JSacon's Jiobum rjjanon Give an outline of Bacon's design in his Instauratio as stated by himself at the commencement of his work and show what position in it he intended should be occupied by the Novum Organon Explain how far this design was completed and on what portion of it scientific inquiry has since Bacon's days been mainly occupied Explain the title י Novum Organon and show what is implied by the two words and how far they might be justly claimed by Bacon as description of this part of his work Quote and comment on the first aphorism and show its connexion with the three aphorisms that follow it Explain Bacon's objection to what he calls Antieipationes