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The Works of Alexander Pope, Volume 2 (of 10), Poetry - Volume 2

Note 1579 — AN ESSAY ON MAN, IN FOUR EPISTLES (continued 3)

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In the MS. thus:

That just to find a God is all we can, And all the study of mankind is man.—WARBURTON.

The MS. has another version of the couplet in the text:

And all our knowledge, all our bliss below, To love our neighbour, and ourselves to know.

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