Pride still is aiming at the bless'd abodes,
Men would be angels, angels would be gods.

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Pope, Alexander. "An Essay on Man." London: J. Wilford, 1733, ep.1, I. 125-126.

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Pope, Alexander. "An Essay on Man." The Major Works, edited by Pat Rogers. Oxford University Press, 2009, ep. 1, l. 125-126.

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