Note 1430 — AN ESSAY ON MAN, IN FOUR EPISTLES (continued 3)

inference if you make, That such are happier, 'tis a gross mistake. Say not, "Heav'n's here profuse, there poorly saves, And for one monarch makes a thousand slaves;" You'll find when causes and their ends are known, 'Twas for the thousand heav'n has made that one. Ev'n mutual want to common blessings tends, One labours, one directs, and one defends, While double pay benevolence receives, Is blessed in what it takes, and what it gives. In what (heav'n's hand impartial to confess) Need men be equal but in happiness. The bliss of all, if heav'n's indulgent aim, He could not place in riches, pow'r or fame. In these suppose it placed, one greatly blessed, Others were hurt, impoverished, or oppressed; Or did they equally on all descend, If all were equal must not all contend?