This was, however, a delicate question: his look was such that I reproached myself afterwards that I had made it, for up to this time he had been over-anxious to give me the advantage of all his learning. I felt he was evidently disinclined to compromise his co-religionists, so I turned the conversation on to his three great works,—the “Opus Majus,” “Opus Minus,” and “Opus Tertium,” and assured him I would lose no time in procuring them, as they would aid me materially in my discoveries; and, I may remark, I have found them invaluable.
I could not but feel a sense of regret at parting from this most distinguished man, his manner was so genial and his mental calibre of so high and cultivated an order.
I next conjured up Albrect Groot (1193–1280); he apologised for correcting me, but remarked he was better known as “Albertus Magnus.” He was, like Bacon, a “monk,” but of the Dominican order, and
