An Essay on Man: In Four Epistles to Lord Bolingbroke |
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... body ; more good will accrue to man- ! kind by attending to the large , open , and perceptible parts , than by studying too much such finer nerves and vessels , the conformations and uses of which will forever escape our observation ...
... body ; more good will accrue to man- ! kind by attending to the large , open , and perceptible parts , than by studying too much such finer nerves and vessels , the conformations and uses of which will forever escape our observation ...
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... body to prefer ; Born but to die , and reasoning but to err ; Alike in ignorance , his reason such , Whether he thinks too little or too much ; Chaos of thought and passion , all confused ; Still by himself abused or disabused ; Created ...
... body to prefer ; Born but to die , and reasoning but to err ; Alike in ignorance , his reason such , Whether he thinks too little or too much ; Chaos of thought and passion , all confused ; Still by himself abused or disabused ; Created ...
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... thus the mercury of man is fixed , Strong grows the virtue with his nature mixed , The dross cements what else were too refined , And in one interest body acts with mind . en God man note acts 42 AN ESSAY ONAAN . EPISTLE II . 41.
... thus the mercury of man is fixed , Strong grows the virtue with his nature mixed , The dross cements what else were too refined , And in one interest body acts with mind . en God man note acts 42 AN ESSAY ONAAN . EPISTLE II . 41.
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