Would any of Bacon's essays have been more persuasive if he had talked about his own experiences: In my mind are three things that I believe to be the holy trinity of a persuasive argument. Logic, rhetoric, and a easy to follow argument are the three most important things to provide a persuasive argument. The problem with experiences is that it needs a witness, its he said she said evidence. This generally isn't the type of evidence that supports arguments unless they are observed on a large scale. However, if you can use those experiences as rhetoric then they have a greater effectiveness. The mark of a truly great writer is when he can use his logic and rhetoric to convince intellectuals, but the argument and writing style can still be understood
