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INFORMATIONAL TEXT from “Of Great Place,” Sir Francis Bacon Gr 12. BOY Read this opening passage from Sir Francis Bacon’s essay “Of Great Place.” Then, answer the question(s). (1) Men in great places1 are thrice servants: servants of the sovereign or state, servants of fame, and servants of business. (2) So as they have no freedom, neither in their persons nor in their actions nor in their times. (3) It is a strange desire to seek power and to lose liberty; or to seek power over others and to lose power over a man’s self. (4) The rising unto place is laborious, and by pains men come to greater pains; and it is sometimes base,2 and by indignities men come to dignities.3 (5) The standing is slippery, and the regress4 is either a downfall or at least an eclipse. . . . 1.places: offices 2.base: low; wicked 3.dignities: offices 4.regress: withdrawal ABC Question 4 Which of the following is the best description of Bacon’s chain of reasoning in this passage

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