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Pope, Alexander. "An Essay on Man." London: J. Wilford, 1733, ep. 1, l. 95.

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Pope, Alexander. "An Essay on Man." The Major Works, edited by Pat Rogers. Oxford University Press, 2009, ep. 1, l. 95.

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For forms of government let fools contest;
Whate'er is best administered is best.

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Pope, Alexander. "An Essay on Man." London: J. Wilford, 1733, ep. 3, I. 303.

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All are but parts of one stupendous whole,
Whose body nature is, and God the soul.

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Pope, Alexander. "An Essay on Man." London: J. Wilford, 1733, ep. 1, I. 267.

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Pope, Alexander. "An Essay on Man." The Major Works, edited by Pat Rogers. Oxford University Press, 2009, ep. 1, l. 267.

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Know then thyself, presume not God to scan,
The proper study of mankind is man.
Placed on this isthmus of a middle state,
A being darkly wise, and rudely great:
With too much knowledge for the skeptic side,
With too much weakness for the stoic's pride,
He hangs between; in doubt to act, or rest;
In doubt to deem himself a god or beast;
In doubt his mind or body to prefer;
Born but to die, and reas'ning but to err;
Alike in ignorance, his reason such,
Whether he thinks too little or too much;
Chaos of thought and passion, all confused;
Still by himself abused, or disabused;
Created half to rise, and half to fall;
Great lord of all things, yet a prey to all;
Sole judge of truth, in endless error hurled;
The glory, jest, and riddle of the world!

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Pope, Alexander. "An Essay on Man." London: J. Wilford, 1733, ep. 2, l. 1-18.

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Pope, Alexander. "An Essay on Man." The Major Works, edited by Pat Rogers. Oxford University Press, 2009, ep. 2, l. 1-18.

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All nature is but art unknown to thee,
All chance, direction which thou canst not see;
All discord, harmony not understood;
All partial evil, universal good.

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Pope, Alexander. "An Essay on Man." London: J. Wilford, 1733, ep. 1, I. 289-292.

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Pope, Alexander. "An Essay on Man." The Major Works, edited by Pat Rogers. Oxford University Press, 2009, ep. 1, l. 289-292.

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An honest man's the noblest work of God.

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

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Behold the child, by nature's kindly law
Pleased with a rattle, tickled with a straw.

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Pope, Alexander. "An Essay on Man." London: J. Wilford, 1733, I. ep. 2, 275-276.

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Pope, Alexander. "An Essay on Man." The Major Works, edited by Pat Rogers. Oxford University Press, 2009, ep. 2, l. 275-276.

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

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