Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1902-04-19


OF Francis Bacon are not 'unlhsplIeu
guesses, nor mere conjecture. bul sueh
az come from knowledge gained by the
hardest work and closest application,
untl the eye has been trained 70 that
degree OF discrimination by when. nhe
that of the geologlst, II Is able 70 make
hidden things plain.
In pursuit OF the same objects as
other students Of things Baeonian my
own investigations have been In quite
a different field from theirs, and nave
met with most successful, as wen as
most surprising results, not less sur
prlslne 10 myself, than they VIII be 70
my readers. | have been glad 10 SUP
mil tho results Of my years OF study
for the OBLIGATION Of those interested
I'm the same subject, for they supply
missing links I'm the literature OF that
era and explain much. " not all, that
has been mysterious and difficult OF
explanation. The last two numbers OF
Bnconiana have presented varied COM
ments upon the published results OF my
Investigations. Naturally opinions dlf-
fer according 10 the point OF View,
Although the things discovered ana
brought 30 light are those which have
been go diligently sought for, ana be-
lieved TO exist By the deepest students,
VET the wider field Unexpectedly dis
closed and the maryelousncss OF II all,
PROMPT to Incredibly
The objections urged against bellet
I'm the cipher disclosures appear IN
variety Of forms The astounding rev.
elatlons are beyond the dreams OF the
most ardent believers that Bacon's
sphere Of action and achievements Were
FAR greater than had been acknowl-
edged. and some have gone so far as 70
think the recent publication OF the 81
literal Cypher' must have been ro-
mantle creation OF my own the words
made 10 fl the differing forms OF the
Itallc letters In the old books, and writ
ten out in imitation of the forms OF
thought and manner of speech of the
old English language. enriched by the
vocabulary OF the great Francis no
suggest such a thing, with an that II
implies. would bring It's own refu'atlon
IL is true that the Cipher story does
not In all respects accord, or stop WIKI
what has been supposed TO be the "facts
OF history Authorities do not agree
as to what the facts" were, nor IL II
believed that all have found place On
the records, and historians have MED
gaps with deductions and conJectures'
some OF which have been most extrava-
CANT and impossible. Especially does
this appear TO be true In the light OF
the cipher disclosures, and whatever
Of variation there may be VIII furnish
a profitable field for the investigators
and there IS little reason to doubt their
ultimate harmony. Cyphers would not
be used TO hide known facts, and could
be useful only IN recording those that
had been suppressed.
Some have given expression 70 the
thought that the Cipher story SHOWS a
most unpleasant phase Of character IN
Bacon, and lack Of that princely spir-
It which should have actuated the son
OF Elizabeth, entitled TO the throne, IN
not trying 20 possess himself OF royal
power at any cost. Essex, OF more
martial spirit. essayed TO seize IT, when
Francis refused TO make open claim TO
being prince, in the face OF the denlals
Of the queen.-and Essex was beheaded
for the attempt The murder OF TWO
princes OF the blod royal by Richard
III; the Imprisonment and execution Oh
another, by Henry VII; the judging
with al rights Of Henry VIII, were not
remote-qulte near enough 70 emil the
| blood OF the peacelovins student ana
deter him from making himself sum
GENTLY obnoxious to invite a similar
fate. Later, hts own account In the
| Cypher, OF the reasons for not striy-
| ing 70 establish himself upon the
throne appear quite adequate-the sue
| cession established by law, and quite
| satisfactory 20 the people--"our Wit
| nesses dead. our certificates destroyed"
| 4 nj ~ -
erences). lie submitted 10 the newt
able as did Prince Napoleon, and as
others have done In our own time-for
what will not a man yield up Tor his
I, life
whether or not Bacon has told the
4 truth" 10 the Cipher Is not in the prov
| ince az the declpherer 20 discuss. A
| decipherer can only disclose what Is In
folded. As to "slanderug the queen
in the statements which the Cipher
records-lf so, Bacon would not be
alone. for the old MSS. and as reliable
and recent an authority as the Nation
al Dictionary OF Biography admit the
motherhood NJ Elizabeth, though they
| do not give the names Of the offspring.
This Is supplied by the Cipher written
BY the one person most likely to know.
II the Cipher exists, and we know that
II does, there must be some more rea
sonabe theory for lis being written
into so many published books for more
than 80 years. than for the purpose OF
Islander OF Justification. The peril OF
its discovery in the early days OF It's
Unfolding would be enhanced by its be-
ing q Islander, and the head would have
stood tickle on the shoulders OF any
one guilty Of so causeless a crime.
Francis would have been more "lun-
attic" for risking such matter IN cipher
Il not true. than coward for not dar
ing openly 20 proclaim the truth which
was being so carefully suppressed.
Many Inquiries have reached me, ask
Ing chow - the Cipher worked ant
expressing Disappointment that the In
Qulrer had been unable to grasp III
system or It's application. IL woul'
he difficult 10 teach Greek o
sanscrit. IN few written lines
or 70 learn II by few hours study. ]
Is equally 80 with the cipher Decl
phering the bl-literal cipher, as II ap
pears In Bacon's works. will be impos
slble 20 those who are not possesse
" an oversight of the keenest, and per
feet accuracy Of vision in distinguish
ing minute differences IN forms, line
angles and curves In the printed letter.
other things absolutely essential ar
unlimited time and patience, persist
! ency, and aptitude. love for oyercon
ing quzzlng difficulties and | some
times think inspiration. As not ever
one can be poet, an artist, an astror
omer an adept In other branches r
curing special aptitude, 80, and for q
same reasons not every one will BE- alb
to master the intricacies a. the ciphe
for in many ways Il Is most intricat
and pu2zling mot In the system itsel
but In It's use In the books. III mui
not be made too plain lest u be as
covered too quickly not hid too dee
lest II never see the light Of day, Is u
, substance OF the inventors though
many times repeated In the work
/, The system has been recognized, ar
\ used since the day that De Augment
Z was published, and had is place
, every translation and publication sine
but the ages have waited 10 learn thi
. ID was embedded IN the original bool
: themselves from the date OF his earle
l. yyriffnpe GEO as now kuOWul and Al