02.16.07
The Essays: Thirteenth Post (Wives)
I kept wondering all through the essay on marriage why Bacon ever got married at all! He says no great man ever had a wife or children. As far as Bacon was concerned, wives pretty much make one’s life difficult and he mentions few benefits. Really he seems very distrustful and disdainful of marriage in general. I found it quite strange and quite annoying. Why did he ever get married?