{"date":"April 9","id":"04-09","intro":["West of Peru there was reported to be a land where Truth and Science were used to promote the happiness and freedom of man. Here is Bacon’s description of this ideal commonwealth."],"minutes":25,"readings":[{"author":"Francis Bacon","end":155,"start":145,"volume":3,"work":"New Atlantis"}],"slug":"april-9","status":"proofread","title":"A Perfect Land in a Wilderness of Waters","url":"/harvard-classics/april-9/","words":4956}