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Title
The Millennium Stele
Date
2000
Medium
stone
Accession number
NW1_CRH_S081
Acquisition method
commissioned by the Hon. Society of Gray's Inn
Work type
Sculpture
Owner
The Hon. Society of Gray's Inn
Custodian
The Hon. Society of Gray's Inn
Work status
extant
Access
time restrictions apply
Access note
Garden opening times.
Inscription description
on the front of the stele is written: “IF / A MAN / WILL BEGIN / WITH / CERTAINTIES / HE SHALL / END IN / DOUBTS / BUT IF HE / WILL BE / CONTENT / TO BEGIN / WITH / DOUBTS / HE SHALL / END IN / CERTAINTIES ——MEN MUST / PURSUE / THINGS / WHICH / ARE JUST / AND LEAVE / THE FUTURE / TO DIVINE / PROVIDENCE”; on the back side is written: “from THE / ADVANCEMENT / OF LEARNING / Francis Bacon / 1605; on the bottom of the back side: “A.D.2000”