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All nature is but art unknown to thee, All chance, direction which thou canst not… — Alexander Pope

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All nature is but art unknown to thee, All chance, direction which thou canst not see; All discord, harmony not understood; All partial evil, universal good.

Alexander Pope
An Essay on Man · 1733
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Appearance vs. reality
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Poem
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1733Age of Enlightenment
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Alexander Pope
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Pope, Alexander. "An Essay on Man." The Major Works, edited by Pat Rogers. Oxford University Press, 2009, ep. 1, l. 289-292.
Original citation
Pope, Alexander. "An Essay on Man." London: J. Wilford, 1733, ep. 1, I. 289-292.

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