Note 1016 — AN ESSAY ON MAN, IN FOUR EPISTLES (continued 3)
Reading edition
All editions till that of 1743 had "at" for "from." The home of the soul was this world according to the first reading, and the next world according to the second. The alteration was made under the auspices of Warburton to get rid of the imputation that Pope doubted or disbelieved the immortality of the soul.