When he wrote a letter, he would put that which was most material in the postscript, as if it had been a by-matter.
Source: See also HAZLITT. Essays, 'Of Cunning'
-- Francis Bacon, (Jan 22 1561-1626), English philosopher, statesman, essayist; He was an early advocate of inductive learning from intensive observation; wrote Novum Organum, 1620.