Note 1470 — AN ESSAY ON MAN, IN FOUR EPISTLES (continued 3)
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He alludes to the complaint of Cato in Addison's tragedy, Act iv. Sc. 4:
Justice gives way to force: the conquered world Is Cæsar's; Cato has no business in it.
And Act v. Sc. 1:
This world was made for Cæsar.
"If," says Pope, "the world is made for ambitious men, such as Cæsar, it is also made for good men, like Titus." Extreme cases test principles, and to establish his position, that the virtuous in this life have always a larger share of enjoyments than the worldly, Pope should have dealt with some of the numerous instances in which the good have been condemned to tortures in consequence of their goodness.