From Francis Bacon's essay *Of Revenge* (1625). Select the word that fits the blank. "This is certain, that a man that studieth revenge, keeps his own wounds ______, which otherwise would heal, and do well."

Bacon's metaphor draws on the **healing wound**: wounds that *would heal* unless kept *unhealed*. The blank must name a state of being **unhealed / fresh / new** — the opposite of *closed* and *healed*. "Green" — in seventeenth-century English, *green* meant *unhealed / raw / fresh* (as in *green wood*, not seasoned). A *green wound* is one that has not closed. - "Closed" reverses the meaning — closed wounds heal. - "Hidden" misses the *healing* axis. - "Forgotten" likewise. Bacon's contrast: revenge keeps you focused on wrongs, so they stay raw; letting go lets them close.