Vast chain of being! which from God began, Natures ethereal, human, angel, man, Beast, bird, fish, insect, what … - Alexander Pope

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And that's the thing about people who mean everything they say. They think everyone else does too.

Alexander Pope

Vast chain of being! which from God began, Natures ethereal, human, angel, man, Beast, bird, fish, insect, what no eye can see, No glass can reach, from infinite to Thee, From Thee to nothing.

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Envy will merit, as its shade, pursue

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Aurora now, fair daughter of the dawn, Sprinkled with rosy light the dewy lawn.

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Fools admire, but men of sense approve.

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Envy will merit as its shade pursue, But like a shadow, proves the substance true.

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