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Gay, John. "The Dog and the Fox." Fables. London: John Knapton, Paul Knapton, and T. Cox, 1738, pt. 2, I. 1.

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Pope, Alexander. "An Essay on Man." London: J. Wilford, 1733, ep. 4, l. 248.

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Pope, Alexander. "An Essay on Man." The Major Works, edited by Pat Rogers. Oxford University Press, 2009, ep. 4, I. 248.

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Swift, Johnathan. "Dialogue III." Polite Conversation. London: Charles Wittinham & Co., 1738.

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Swift, Jonathan. "Polite Conversation." Parodies, Hoaxes, Mock Treatises: Polite Conversation, Directions Servants and Other Works, edited by Valerie Rumbold. Cambridge University Press, 2013, no. 2.

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Franklin, Benjamin [published as Richard Saunders]. Poor Richard's Almanack. Philadelphia, 1738.

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Franklin, Benjamin. "Poor Richard’s Almanack, 1738." Benjamin Franklin: Autobiography, Poor Richard, and Later Writings, edited by J. A. Leo Lemay. Library of America, 2005.

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Franklin, Benjamin [published as Richard Saunders]. Poor Richard's Almanack. Philadelphia, 1734.

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Franklin, Benjamin. "Poor Richard’s Almanack, 1734." Benjamin Franklin: Autobiography, Poor Richard, and Later Writings, edited by J. A. Leo Lemay. Library of America, 2005.

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Franklin, Benjamin [published as Richard Saunders]. Poor Richard's Almanack. Philadelphia, 1739.

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Franklin, Benjamin. "Poor Richard’s Almanack, 1739." Benjamin Franklin: Autobiography, Poor Richard, and Later Writings, edited by J. A. Leo Lemay. Library of America, 2005.

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Franklin, Benjamin [published as Richard Saunders]. Poor Richard's Almanack. Philadelphia, 1738.

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Franklin, Benjamin. "Poor Richard’s Almanack, 1738." Benjamin Franklin: Autobiography, Poor Richard, and Later Writings, edited by J. A. Leo Lemay. Library of America, 2005.

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Franklin, Benjamin [published as Richard Saunders]. Poor Richard's Almanack. Philadelphia, 1733.

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Franklin, Benjamin. "Poor Richard’s Almanack, 1733." Benjamin Franklin: Autobiography, Poor Richard, and Later Writings, edited by J. A. Leo Lemay. Library of America, 2005.

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Franklin, Benjamin [published as Richard Saunders]. Poor Richard's Almanack. Philadelphia, 1734.

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Franklin, Benjamin. "Poor Richard’s Almanack, 1734." Benjamin Franklin: Autobiography, Poor Richard, and Later Writings, edited by J. A. Leo Lemay. Library of America, 2005.

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Franklin, Benjamin [published as Richard Saunders]. Poor Richard's Almanack. Philadelphia, 1737.

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Franklin, Benjamin. "Poor Richard’s Almanack, 1737." Benjamin Franklin: Autobiography, Poor Richard, and Later Writings, edited by J. A. Leo Lemay. Library of America, 2005.

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Franklin, Benjamin [published as Richard Saunders]. Poor Richard's Almanack. Philadelphia, 1733.

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Franklin, Benjamin. "Poor Richard’s Almanack, 1733." Benjamin Franklin: Autobiography, Poor Richard, and Later Writings, edited by J. A. Leo Lemay. Library of America, 2005.

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Franklin, Benjamin [published as Richard Saunders]. Poor Richard's Almanack. Philadelphia, 1734.

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Franklin, Benjamin. "Poor Richard’s Almanack, 1734." Benjamin Franklin: Autobiography, Poor Richard, and Later Writings, edited by J. A. Leo Lemay. Library of America, 2005.

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Franklin, Benjamin [published as Richard Saunders]. Poor Richard's Almanack. Philadelphia, 1738.

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Franklin, Benjamin. "Poor Richard’s Almanack, 1738." Benjamin Franklin: Autobiography, Poor Richard, and Later Writings, edited by J. A. Leo Lemay. Library of America, 2005.

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Franklin, Benjamin [published as Richard Saunders]. Poor Richard's Almanack. Philadelphia, 1738.

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Franklin, Benjamin. "Poor Richard’s Almanack, 1738." Benjamin Franklin: Autobiography, Poor Richard, and Later Writings, edited by J. A. Leo Lemay. Library of America, 2005.

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Hume, David, [published anonymously]. A Treatise of Human Nature. London: John Noon, 1739, bk. 1, pt. 3, sect. 10.

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Hume, David. "A Treatise of Human Nature." The Clarendon Edition of the Works of David Hume, edited by David Fate Norton and Mary J. Norton. Vol. 1, Oxford University Press, 2007, bk. 1, pt. 3, sect. 10.

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Voltaire. "Sixieme Discours: Sur la Nature de l'Homme [Sixth Discourse: On the Nature of Man]." Sept Discours en Vers sur l'Homme [Seven Discourses on Man]. 1738, no. 6.

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Hume, David, [published anonymously]. A Treatise of Human Nature. London: John Noon, 1739, bk. 1, pt. 4, sec. 7.

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Hume, David. "A Treatise of Human Nature." The Clarendon Edition of the Works of David Hume, edited by David Fate Norton and Mary J. Norton. Vol. 1, Oxford University Press, 2007, bk. 1, pt. 4, sect. 7.

The heart is like a viper, hissing, and spitting poison at God.

Jonathan Edwards

Men Naturally God's Enemies

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Edwards, Jonathan. "Men Naturally God's Enemies." Aug. 1736, United States, sect. 1.

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Edwards, Jonathan. "Men Naturally God's Enemies." The Works of Jonathan Edwards, edited by Edward Hickman. Vol. 2, Banner of Truth, 1995, sect. 1.

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Wesley, Charles. "Free Grace." Hymns and Sacred Poems. London: Strahan, 1739.

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Pope, Alexander. Epitaph: Intended for Sir Isaac Newton. c. 1730.

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Pope, Alexander. "Epitaph Intended for Sir Isaac Newton." Alexander Pope: The Major Works, edited by Pat Rogers. Oxford University Press, 2009.