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Página viii
... Providence . Consequently , He admits evil in the world which does not contribute to the perfection of the whole . Leibnitz , however , denies that God could remove the existing evil from the world without prejudice to its good- ness ...
... Providence . Consequently , He admits evil in the world which does not contribute to the perfection of the whole . Leibnitz , however , denies that God could remove the existing evil from the world without prejudice to its good- ness ...
Página xviii
... Providence ; of which they ought never to be deprived by an ill - judged and improper education . It is the basis of all subordination , the support of society , and the privilege of individuals : and I have ever thought it a most ...
... Providence ; of which they ought never to be deprived by an ill - judged and improper education . It is the basis of all subordination , the support of society , and the privilege of individuals : and I have ever thought it a most ...
Página xix
... Providence , and to acquiesce in the condition which omniscient Goodness has determined to allot him ; to consider this world as a phantom that must soon glide from before his eyes , and the distresses and vexations that encompass him ...
... Providence , and to acquiesce in the condition which omniscient Goodness has determined to allot him ; to consider this world as a phantom that must soon glide from before his eyes , and the distresses and vexations that encompass him ...
Página xxx
... Providence to serve the most beneficial purposes , contrary to their own malevolent tendencies and in- clinations ; and thus private vices become public benefits , by the force only of accidental circumstances . But this impeaches not ...
... Providence to serve the most beneficial purposes , contrary to their own malevolent tendencies and in- clinations ; and thus private vices become public benefits , by the force only of accidental circumstances . But this impeaches not ...
Página xxxvi
... Providence , in which the poet proposes to prove that of all possible sys- tems infinite Wisdom has formed the best ; that , in such a sys- tem , coherence , union , subordination are necessary ; and if so , that appearances of evil ...
... Providence , in which the poet proposes to prove that of all possible sys- tems infinite Wisdom has formed the best ; that , in such a sys- tem , coherence , union , subordination are necessary ; and if so , that appearances of evil ...
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Página 20 - Know then thyself, presume not God to scan; The proper study of Mankind is Man. Plac'd on this isthmus of a middle state, A Being darkly wise, and rudely great: With too much knowledge for the Sceptic 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...
Página 4 - AWAKE, my St John ! leave all meaner things To low ambition, and the pride of kings. Let us (since life can little more supply Than just to look about us and to die...
Página 58 - Who wickedly is wise, or madly brave, Is but the more a fool, the more a knave. Who noble ends by noble means obtains, Or failing, smiles in exile or in chains, Like good Aurelius let him reign, or bleed Like Socrates, that man is great indeed. What's fame? a fancy'd life in others' breath, A thing beyond us, ev'n before our death.
Página 10 - Where slaves once more their native land behold, No fiends torment, no Christians thirst for gold. To Be, contents his natural desire, He asks no Angel's wing, no Seraph's fire; But thinks, admitted to that equal sky, His faithful dog shall bear him company.
Página 64 - Correct with spirit, eloquent with ease, Intent to reason, or polite to please. Oh! while along the stream of Time thy name Expanded flies, and gathers all its fame, Say, shall my little bark attendant sail, Pursue the triumph, and partake the gale?
Página 14 - Why has not man a microscopic eye? For this plain reason, man is not a fly.
Página 55 - What nothing earthly gives, or can destroy, The soul's calm sunshine, and the heart-felt joy, Is virtue's prize: A better would you fix?
Página 9 - Lo, the poor Indian! whose untutored mind Sees God in clouds, or hears him in the wind: His soul, proud science never taught to stray Far as the solar walk or Milky Way...
Página 16 - Vast chain of being! which from God began; Natures ethereal, human, angel, man, Beast, bird, fish, insect, what no eye can see, No glass can reach; from infinite to thee; From thee to nothing...
Página 10 - Pride, our error lies; All quit their sphere, and rush into the skies. Pride still is aiming at the blest abodes, Men would be Angels, Angels would be Gods. Aspiring to be Gods, if Angels fell, Aspiring to be Angels, Men rebel: And who but wishes to invert the laws Of Order, sins against th