"Adeo ut omnes imperii virga sive bacillum vere superius inflexum sit."
— Government

January 1, 1970

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Francis Bacon, De Sapientia Veterum (1609). 6. Pan, sive Natura. Sometimes translated, "All sceptres are crooked atop." Referring to the shepherd's crook of Pan, and implying that government needs to be roundabout in method.