Note 1 — INTRODUCTION.

Hence, in conformity to this sentiment, Mr. Pope says, when animadverting on the insufficiency of talents, alone, for acquiring an honourable fame and meriting a character truly great,—

“If parts allure thee, think how Bacon shin’d,

The wisest, brightest, meanest of mankind;

Or, ravish’d with the whistling of a name,

See Cromwell damn’d to everlasting fame.”

[Essay on Man.]